Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry

Overview

Psychiatry CME: Diagnosis to Treatment

Whether you're reviewing core concepts or exploring the latest developments, Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry gives you a practical, evidence-based look at the full spectrum of clinical psychiatry. This online video CME program features more than 50 expert-led, guideline-driven lectures designed to help you strengthen diagnosis, refine treatment decisions, and stay current with evolving clinical practice.

Continuing medical education highlights include:

• Core psychiatric disorders including mood, psychotic, anxiety, personality, trauma-related, and neurocognitive disorders
• Evidence-based treatment strategies spanning psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and treatment-resistant illness
• Emerging topics including AI in psychiatry, psychedelics, GLP-1 receptor agonists, and social media's impact on mental health
• Complex patient care across medically complex, psychologically complex, and inpatient and outpatient populations
• Practical guidance to help you personalize care and improve clinical outcomes

Topics / Speakers

Approach to the Patient

Screening, Evaluation, and Diagnosis - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Psychiatric Disorders

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders - Sanya Virani, MD, MPH, FAPA

Depressive and Bipolar Disorders in Adults - Madeleine R. Lepore, DNP

Bipolar and Related Disorders in Youth - Rasim Somer Diler, MD, DFAACAP

Anxiety Disorders - Thersilla Oberbarnscheidt, MD, PhD

Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - Robert Hudak, MD

Trauma And Stressor-Related Disorders - Brigitte Khoury, PhD

Personality Disorders - Vint Blackburn, MD

Dissociative Disorders - Pamela R. Fuller, PhD

Major Neurocognitive Disorders - Rita Khoury, MD

Psychiatric Emergencies - Varad Deshmukh, MD

Feeding and Eating Disorders - Tala Abdallah, DClinPsy

Somatic Symptoms and Related Disorders - Soumitra Das, MD

Sleep Medicine for the Psychiatrist - Shizuka Tomatsu, MD

Suicide Epidemiology and Risk Assessment - Nadine Melhem, PhD

Substance-Related Disorders - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Violence and Psychiatry - Stephanie Rolin, MD

Gambling Disorder - Kavita Fischer, MD

Reproductive Psychiatry - Jody Glance, MD

Psychiatric Manifestations of Common Medical Conditions - Daniel Salahuddin, MD

Psychiatric Aspects of HIV and HCV - Jordi Blanch, MD

Chronic Pain for the Psychiatrist - A Clinical Update - Xavier Jimenez, MD

Intellectual Disabilities - Antonio Hardan, MD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Across the Lifespan – Children, Adolescents, and Adults - Fadi Maalouf, MD, PhD

Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents - Fadi Maalouf, MD, PhD

Psychiatric Issues in the LGBTQIA+ Population – Cultivating Resilience, Health, and Emotional Wellbeing - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Psychiatric Genetics - Ilya Blokhin, MD, PhD

Treatments: Psychopharmacology

Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers - Megha Patel, PharmD, BCPS

Antipsychotics – A Case Based Approach - K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD

Anxiolytics and Sedative-Hypnotic Agents - Tanya Fabian, PharmD, PhD

Psychopharmacological Treatments of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Pharmacological Treatments of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Rebecca Miller, MD

Treatment of Major Neurocognitive Disorders - Rita Khoury, MD

Treatments: Psychotherapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Jennifer E. Wildes, PhD

Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Stephanie Stepp, PhD

Social Rhythm Therapy - Holly Swartz, MD

Motivational Interviewing - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Couples and Family Therapy - Jay Lebow, PhD

Positive Psychiatry - Dennis C. Daley, PhD

Other Treatments

Management of Treatment-Resistant Depression - Matt Conlon, MD

Update on Electroconvulsive Therapy - LalithKumar Solai, MD

Psychedelic Compounds in Psychiatry – Novel Treatment Paradigms in Mental Health - Danilo De Gregorio, PharmD, PhD

Medicinal Cannabis - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Special Topics

Integrating Medical and Psychiatric Care - Alex Israel, MD

Telepsychiatry – Potential and Challenges - Robert Tessier, MD

Palliative Care Psychiatry - Elizabeth Hale, MD

Climate Change and Mental Health - Antoine Douaihy, MD

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Psychiatric illness - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Artificial Intelligence and Psychiatry - Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit, MD

The Impact of Social Media Use on Mental Health - Candice Biernesser, MD

Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Psychiatric Disorders - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Legal and Ethical Issues in the Practice of Psychiatry - Sanya Virani, MD, MPH, FAPA

Competency and Capacity in Clinical Practice - Elias Ghossoub, MD

Faculty

Accreditation / Pass Guarantee

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 48.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Original Release: July 31, 2026
Date Credits Expire: July 30, 2029

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Define dissociation in the context of patient presentation
• Describe the different models available for integrating psychiatric and medical care
• Identify differences and distinguishing features among currently available mood stabilizers including how to use them
• Summarize the utility of couples and family therapy
• Name helpful strategies to promote well-being in positive psychiatry
• Explain the difference between schizophrenia and psychosis
• List the marked deviations in behavior that are criteria for personality disorders
• Identify the various trauma-related diagnoses per the DSM-5 classification

Intended Audience

This activity is intended for psychiatrists or psychiatry residents.

Board Pass Guarantee

We're Committed to Your Success. Oakstone stands behind the quality of its board review programs. If you complete a course and do not pass your board examination, we will provide extended access to the content or credit toward the purchase of a future board review program in accordance with our CME Board Pass Guarantee policy.

This pass guarantee is a product policy offered by Oakstone and is independent of CME accreditation. Accreditation pertains only to the educational activity and does not guarantee examination outcomes.

Quick Facts

Accredited by: Oakstone Publishing

Course Director:

Antoine Douaihy, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Western Psychiatric Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Credits: Earn a maximum of 48.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™