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A 6-Hour Seminar for Health Professionals, Fall, 2010 $80
Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders
Why We Worry:
Why We Worry:
Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders
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HAGERSTOWN, MD
Monday, November 8
HAGERSTOWN HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER, 1910 Dual Highway, 21740.
From I-70 E or W: Take exit 32B to merge onto US-40 W / National Pike toward
Hagerstown. Upon exit hotel will be about ¼ mile down the road on the right.
(301) 790-3010
ALEXANDRIA, VA
Tuesday, November 9
HAMPTON INN ALEXANDRIA – OLD TOWN, 5821 Richmond Highway, 22303.
From I-495 E or S: Take exit 177A (local) – 177B toward US-1 S. From I-495 E, keep
right at the fork, and continue straight onto US-1 S and from I-495 S, turn right at US-1
S / Richmond Highway. Stay to the right and make a u-turn onto Fort Hunt Road /
State Route 629. Stay in the right lane and hotel entrance will be on the right.
(703) 329-1400
WALDORF, MD
Wednesday, November 10
CLARION INN, 45 St. Patricks Drive, 20603.
From US-301 S, turn right at St Patricks Drive and from US-301 N, turn left at St
Patricks Drive. Hotel will be on the right. (301) 645-8200
COLLEGE PARK, MD
Thursday, November 11
CLARION INN – COLLEGE PARK, 8601 Baltimore Avenue, 20740.
From MD-193 E / University Blvd, take the ramp onto US-1 S / Baltimore Avenue
and from MD-193 W, take the US-1 N ramp, and make a sharp left at US-1 S /
Baltimore Avenue. Hotel will be on the left. (301) 474-2800
SALISBURY, MD
Friday, November 12
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL SALISBURY, 300 S. Salisbury Boulevard, 21801.
From US-50 E: Exit onto US-50 Business Route E / Ocean Gateway toward Salisbury.
Turn right at Baptist Street. Take the first left toward N Salisbury Boulevard, and
take the second right onto N Salisbury Boulevard. Hotel will be on the right.
From US-50 W: Continue to follow Ocean Gateway, and turn left at Baptist Street.
Follow directions above. (410) 546-4400
Why We Worry:
Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders
A Seminar for Health Professionals
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Why We Worry:
Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders
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This new 6-hour program describes the anxiety disorders, common coexisting
conditions, such as depression, eating disorders and insomnia and evidencebased treatments. Although anxiety-related disorders often undermine the
quality of life, most forms of anxiety can be effectively treated.
Participants completing this program should be able to:
1) Describe diagnostic criteria and treatment of panic disorder, phobic
disorder, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety,
mixed anxiety-depression, and posttraumatic stress.
2) Develop strategies for managing and preventing recurrent anxiety
associated with professional or lifestyle issues.
Introduction
• States of Anxiety: normal versus pathological worry, fear, and panic.
• Understanding Symptoms: fight-or-flight, immune, and muscular.
• Origins: how anxiety disorders begin; what sustains them?
Panic Disorder
• Diagnosis: intense fight-or-flight symptoms; triggers.
• Agoraphobia: avoidance of situations and sites associated with panic.
• Treatment: why cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), “in vivo”
exposure techniques, or controlled breathing are effective in over
80% of clients.
Social Anxiety Disorder
• Symptoms: embarrassment, shame, and avoidance of social
situations; how much of introversion is inherited, how much is a
way of coping?
• Treatment: CBT, tailored group therapy, and pharmacotherapy.
Phobic Disorder
• Diagnosis: what initiates a fear of nightmare intensity?
• Treatment: “ in vivo” exposure and CBT for specific phobias.
• Management: helping people overcome phobic disorders in
medical, dental, home and school settings.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Origins: what underlies repetitive, ritualistic thoughts and behaviors?
• Common Obsessions: contamination, doubt, body concerns,
sexual, aggression.
• Common Compulsions: checking, cleaning, counting, confiding.
• OCD Spectrum Disorders: Tourette’s syndrome, hypochondriasis,
skin picking, nail biting, kleptomania, jealousy, gambling and
compulsive shopping.
• Treatment: exposure, response prevention, CBT, and pharmacotherapy.
• Management: OCD at home and at work: helpful guidelines.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Diagnosis: excessive anxiety of at least 6 months; restlessness,
fatigue, irritability and insomnia.
• Treatment: tailored CBT, anxiety-management training,
controlled breathing and pharmacotherapy.
Mixed Anxiety And Depression
• Diagnosis: the role of low-grade, everyday dysthymic disorders
versus psychobiological depression; relation to eating disorders.
• Sleep: anxiety and depression: how they each affect sleep (falling
and staying asleep).
• Treatment: effectiveness of CBT; pharmacotherapy; guidelines
for pharmacists concerning adverse interactions with other drugs,
OTC products and nutrients.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Primary PTSD: horror frozen in memory in children and adults;
diagnosing the aftermath of domestic violence, sexual assault, or
combat.
• Symptoms and the Brain: flashbacks, dissociation and shrinkage
of the hippocampus; hypervigilance, disturbed sleep and expansion
of the amygdala.
• Secondary PTSD: health workers at-risk of experiencing other’s
trauma.
• Treatment: cognitive restructuring, EMDR, SSRIs, beta blockers
and newer drugs. Is PTSD a lifelong disorder?
Clinical Insights And Tools
• Complementary and Alternative Approaches: herbal remedies
(e.g., valerian, kava), physical exercise and mindfulness meditation;
evidence-based approaches.
• Emerging Anxiolytics: indications for D-cycloserine; duloxetine
(Cymbalta) and reboxetine (Edonax).
• Preventing Anxiety: solving problems before they create stress
and worry.
• Cognitive Approaches: replacing anxious thinking with realistic
thinking.
• Roadblocks: dealing with the most common obstacles that arise
in CBT.
• Family: how to prevent family members from undermining
treatment.
• Exposure: strategies for confronting fears instead of avoiding
them.
• Stop Playing It Safe: how safety behaviors (including distraction)
can interfere with overcoming anxiety.
• Review: a useful summary of proven step-by-step strategies for
conquering anxiety, phobias and panic.
About the Instructor
Mark Schneider, Ph.D., is an expert in behavioral medicine. Dr. Schneider
has taught at Brown Medical School and Harvard University School of
Medicine. His research and clinical skills focus on anxiety in children
and adults and on helping people cope with medical conditions including
chronic pain, headache and diabetes.
An outstanding speaker, Dr. Schneider has given over 400 seminars to
health professionals. Audiences highly recommend his presentations for
their abundance of practical information, insightful case histories, and
clinical wisdom. Participants will receive a detailed outline prepared
by Dr. Schneider for all the lecture topics plus key references and
resources. Dr. Schneider will answer questions during the second half of
the lunch break.
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