Saturday February 25th (9:00 am – 3:00 pm)
Management of Comorbid Alcohol and Anxiety Disorders
What clinical challenges are presented by comorbid alcohol misuse and major depressive episode?
This module provides primary care providers with practical information to identify patients with comorbid major depressive episodes (MDE)
and alcohol misuse and to manage these patients over the course of their illness.
The clinical challenges addressed are:
• Understanding the difference between symptoms of major depressive episodes caused by alcohol (alcohol-induced MDE) versus symptoms of major depressive episodes that co-exist with alcohol misuse but are not exclusively caused by the alcohol (comorbid alcohol misuse and MDE).
• Identifying alcohol misuse in patients presenting with symptoms of MDE.
• Managing true comorbid alcohol misuse and MDE with the goal of achieving remission in both MDE and alcohol misuse and managing relapses over the life time course of the illnesses.
The module is divided into the following sections:
• How do I identify comorbid alcohol misuse and MDE?
• How do I assess alcohol misuse and MDE?
• How do I manage alcohol misuse and MDE?
Sunday February 26th (9:00 – 11:30 am)
Diabetes and Depression – Relevance and Identification
Objectives:
• Importance of recognizing and treating co-morbid major depressive episodes (MDE with Diabetes)
• Learn to quickly and reliably assess patients for possible Clinical Depression
• Initiating Treatment
About the Speaker
Dr. Silveira is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and Psychiatrist-in-Chief and
Medical Director of Mental Health and Addiction Programs at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto.
Dr. Silveira served a co-chair of the Ontario College of Family Physicians’ Collaborative Mental Health Care Network from
2001 – 2010.