About the Event
In this installment of the CPAN ECHO Series, Sophia Banu, M.D., presents “Case Studies on Eating Disorders.” Banu is an assistant professor in Psychiatry and Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine.
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The series is a program of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium’s Child Psychiatry Access Network and is designed for primary care providers or individuals working in pediatric care environments.
Primary care providers have been tasked with managing the mental health needs of youth in Texas due to the severe shortage of child psychiatrists. However, many PCPs have had little training in screening, assessment and care provision for youth with mental health disorders. This professional gap is largely due to limited exposure in medical school and compounded by inadequate mental health resources. The lack of mental health resources has resulted in primary care providers being the first and only source of assistance for youth and families that are suffering from mental or behavioral health concerns. This series is aimed to educate primary care physicians on how to recognize and diagnose mental health conditions in children and adolescents within their clinical practice.
For more information about the event, email cpd@bcm.edu.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, the audience participant should be able to:
- Identify the different types of psychological and educational assessments available in the community.
- Present pediatricians with different assessment options.
- Differentiate the objective of each type of assessments.
- Expand the knowledge base of the pediatrician to provide effective and targeted referrals for their patients.
- Effectively match the case presented to the relevant assessment.
- Apply what they have physicians have learned in their regular practice.
Accreditation Statement
Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.