Dr. Alexandre Y. Dombrovski will provide an overview of how to assess and manage suicidal risk in older individuals.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- List demographic risk factors for suicide in the US
- Identify psychiatric conditions linked to death by suicide in old age
- Describe common difficulties in managing suicidal patients
Reading Resources:
- Waern, M., et al. (2002). "Mental disorder in elderly suicides: a case-control study." Am J Psychiatry 159(3): 450-455.
- Juurlink, D. N., et al. (2004). "Medical illness and the risk of suicide in the elderly." Arch Intern Med 164(11): 1179-1184.
- Hendin, H., et al. (2006). "Problems in psychotherapy with suicidal patients." Am J Psychiatry 163(1): 67-72.
Disclosures:
Dr. Dombrovski has no relevant relationships with any entities producing health care goods or services.
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial
relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or
distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients
is listed above. No other planners,
members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content
reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this
education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded (0.05) continuing education units (CEU) which are equivalent to 0.5 contact hour.
For your credit transcript, please access our website 4 weeks post-completion at http://ccehs.upmc.edu and follow the link to the Credit Transcript page. If you do not provide the last 5 digits of your SSN on the next page you will not be able to access a CME credit transcript. Providing your SSN is voluntary.
Release Date: 3/28/2013 | Last Modified On: 10/5/2015 | Expires: 1/16/2018
