Internal Medicine: Topics in Mental Health (Audio-Digest Foundation Internal Medicine Continuing Medical Education (CME). Book 57)

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 Internal Medicine is specifically designed to provide the participant with state-of-the-art information on, including, but not limited to, the diagnosis and management of:

Gastroenterology
Hematology and medical oncology
Rheumatology
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Endocrinology
Infectious disease
Nephrology and hypertension
Cardiology
Geriatric medicine
The goals of this program are to improve the diagnosis and management of somatization and the assessment of depression and anxiety in the primary care setting. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1: Evaluate the patient who complains of a symptom that has no apparent medical cause.

2: Implement strategies for managing the behaviors related to somatization.

3: Screen patients for major depression and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

4: Summarize the major principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

5: Recognize those patients with depression or anxiety who would benefit from CBT.