Directions in Psychiatry Volume 29 CME Program, Digital Edition

Directions in Psychiatry Volume 29 CME Program, Digital Edition
Item# DP-29-PDF
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Course Description

Directions in Psychiatry at a Glance
Lessons: 26 per volume
CME Credits: 40 Category 1 CME credits
Multiple-Choice Questions: 3 per lesson
Estimated Time for Reading One Lesson: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Approvals: ACCME, AOA
Duration of Program: 12-36 months
Expert Faculty
All Lessons Are Peer Reviewed
Editor's Note with Learning Objectives

Volume 29 CME Lessons:
  • Cosmetic Psychiatry: from Viagra to MPH
  • The Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis: Truth or Fiction?
  • Assessing for Social Fears and Social Anxiety in Psychiatric Outpatients
  • Preventing Suicide in Penal Institutions
  • Using Atypical Antipsychotics to Augment Treatment of Nonpsychotic Unipolar Major Depression: An Evidence-Based Review
  • Clinical Implications of Insight Assessment in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Compulsive Buying
  • Clinical Features of Children and Adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Hoarding Symptoms
  • Narcissism and Ethnocentrism: A Review
  • Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS
  • Double-Blind Crossover Study of Mirtazapine, Amitriptyline and Placebo in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
  • The Management of Psychiatric Patients at Imminent Risk of Suicide
  • Antidepressant Dosing in Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Feminity and Eating Disorders
  • Binge Eating Disorder: An Addiction Perspective
  • Somatization in Rural Primary Care
  • Treatment of Juvenile-Onset Bipolar Disorder
  • Informed Consent for Patients Who Are Cognitively Impaired
  • Violence Risk Assessment
  • Positive Behavior Support Consultation in the Correctional System for Patients with Severe Self-Injurious Behaviors
  • Child Custody Evaluations: Standards & Recommendations
  • Mental Health Professionals in the Witness Chair: Strategies for More Effective Legal Testimony
  • Efficacy of Couples Therapy as a Treatment for Depression
  • One-Year Course and Predictors of Outcome of Adolescent Depression
  • Dopamine and Alterations of the Sense of Self and Personality in Parkinson’s Disease
  • Contributing Factors to Suicide in Narcissistic Personalities
  • The Stigma of Mental Illness: Anticipation and Attitudes among Patients with Epileptic Dissociative, or Somatoform Pain Disorders




  • Accreditation Statement
    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) by The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME Activity.

    The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. designates the Directions in Psychiatry continuing medical education program for 40 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. This CME activity is planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.

    This program is an accredited self-assessment program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and was approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association on Jan. 10, 2011. This program expires Jan. 9, 2013. Remember to visit MAINPORT (https://www.mainport.org/mainport/) to record your learning and outcomes. You may claim a maximum of 25 hours (credits are automatically calculated)