Purpose: Audio-Digest Foundation CME/CE activities are designed to provide its learners – physicians and other healthcare professionals – with continuing education that will help identify clinical problems in their practice settings, provide content to help to solve those problems, and increase their application of knowledge to practice.
Audio-Digest Psychiatry is specifically designed to provide the participant with useful and up-to-date information on accurate diagnosis and appropriate management in all types of psychiatric disorders, including, but not limited to:
Anxiety disorders
Dementia, delirium, amnesia, and other cognitive disorders
Geriatric psychiatry
Mental disorders in childhood and adolescence
Mood disorders
Multiaxial illnesses
Personality disorders
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Sexual disorders and paraphilias
Sleep disorders
Substance-related disorders
Educational Objectives
The goal of this program is to improve the recognition and management of neurocognitive deficits in patients with a history of substance abuse. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:
1. Identify critical areas of cognition frequently impaired in patients receiving treatment for substance abuse.
2. Recognize neurologic and cognitive effects associated with the abuse of specific substances.
3. Apply sophisticated screening tools to accurately assess neurocognitive deficits.
4. Incorporate occupational therapy and cognitive remediation into treatment plans for patients with cognitive deficits and impairments.
5. Adjust therapeutic modalities to improve efficacy in patients who have difficulties with cognition or comprehension.
Audio-Digest Psychiatry is specifically designed to provide the participant with useful and up-to-date information on accurate diagnosis and appropriate management in all types of psychiatric disorders, including, but not limited to:
Anxiety disorders
Dementia, delirium, amnesia, and other cognitive disorders
Geriatric psychiatry
Mental disorders in childhood and adolescence
Mood disorders
Multiaxial illnesses
Personality disorders
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Sexual disorders and paraphilias
Sleep disorders
Substance-related disorders
Educational Objectives
The goal of this program is to improve the recognition and management of neurocognitive deficits in patients with a history of substance abuse. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:
1. Identify critical areas of cognition frequently impaired in patients receiving treatment for substance abuse.
2. Recognize neurologic and cognitive effects associated with the abuse of specific substances.
3. Apply sophisticated screening tools to accurately assess neurocognitive deficits.
4. Incorporate occupational therapy and cognitive remediation into treatment plans for patients with cognitive deficits and impairments.
5. Adjust therapeutic modalities to improve efficacy in patients who have difficulties with cognition or comprehension.
