Series Description: 

This activity is a journal club which is used to facilitate an evidence-based approach to problem solving, as a tool for informing guideline development and to enable an exchange of insights regarding clinical problems related to psychiatry. In this series, the physician team will be sharing best practice on treatment of mood, anxiety, substance dependence treatment and other psychiatric conditions seen within their practices. This Journal Club was founded in July of 2022 and remains an excellent modality for clinicians to stay abreast of current guidelines and practices so as to improve the quality of care aligned with current evidence-based practice.

Target Audience: 

Physicians (MD or DO)

Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives: 

1. Summarize strategies to address racial stigma and barriers in Mental Health Care

2. Discuss latest practices in treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, Adult ADHD and substance dependence.

Providing Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):

• • Legha, R. & Miranda, J. (2020). An anti-racist approach to achieving mental health equity in clinical care. Psychiatr Clin North Am;43(3):451-469. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2020.05.002. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32773074/
  • Andrade G. (2019). Medical ethics and the trolley Problem. Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine, 12, 3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642460/

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

Sukhmani Gill, planner and faculty for this series, receives stock, royalties, ownership, employment, and board membership from Coagulex, which is a company focused on coagulation assessment tools. These ineligible relationships is not relevant to the topics discussed in this series.

No one else involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC