Differential Diagnosis and Management of Co-Occurring Mood and Motor Symptoms
neuroscienceCME Medical Simulation
 | Patient Info: David is a 62-year-old white male who has recently retired after 40 years as a farmer. He reports feeling a little depressed, but his main complaint is that it takes him longer and requires more effort than in the past to get up in the morning and to do the things he wants to do. He also reports disrupted sleep. His wife has told him he sometimes has a tremor in his right hand. |
This activity offers CE credit for:
- Physicians (ACCME/AMA PRA Category 1)
- Pharmacists (ACPE)
Credit Expiration Date:
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
 | Dylan Wint, MD Assistant Professor Director, Program in Neurologic Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA |
A number of disorders have symptoms that include rigidity, bradykinesia, postural instability, and/or tremor, but they have different diagnostic criteria and treatments.(1) Appropriate diagnosis is critical in these patients, since misdiagnosis could lead to treatment with a potentially harmful medication or to withholding a pharmacotherapy that is necessary. Many of these conditions can benefit from early recognition and treatment, although a long-term view is important in making management decisions because early treatments can impact overall outcome in either a negative or positive way; efficacy, tolerability, safety, and progression of disability must be considered. Available treatments for movement disorders are aimed at reducing motor symptoms, but non-motor symptoms must also be addressed as they are common and can be disabling. Yet, these symptoms are often unrecognized and untreated.(2) In this interactive, case-based activity, expert faculty will provide evidence and clinical insight on diagnosing and managing both motor and non-motor symptoms in a patient with parkinsonian symptoms, while allowing participants to hone their clinical decision-making skills in the context of a real-world case.
- Rao G, Fisch L, Srinivasan S, et al. Does this patient have Parkinson disease? JAMA 2003;289:347-353.
- Fargel M, Grobe B, Oesterle E, Hastedt C, Rupp M. Treatment of Parkinson's disease. Clin Drug Invest 2007;27:207-216.
To provide clinicians with strategies drawn from the latest evidence for assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients with motor and non-motor symptoms.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
- Improve the accuracy of differential diagnosis of patients with motor symptoms.
- Increase recognition and assessment of non-motor symptoms.
- Utilize effective, evidence-based strategies to develop an individualized treatment plan for patients with motor and non-motor symptoms.
Physicians, (primary care physicians, neurologists, and psychiatrists), physician assistants, pharmacists, and other practitioners interested in movement disorders.
CME Outfitters, LLC, gratefully acknowledges an educational grant from No Commercial Supporter in support of this CE activity.
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note to Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA Category I CME credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.
CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs)
Universal Program Number: 376-000-09-016-H01-P
Activity Type: knowledge-based
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Dylan Wint, MD
Dr. Dylan Wint received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and his medical degree at the University of Miami. He completed residencies in Psychiatry and Neurology and a fellowship in deep brain stimulation at the University of Florida. After completing a neuroimaging fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, he joined the Department of Psychiatry at Emory University. At Emory, he directs the Program in Neurologic Psychiatry, which diagnoses, treats, and researches behavioral sequelae of neurologic injury and disease.
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