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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Ask Your Mentor: MDD and Comorbid Conditions

  • Authors: Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP; Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH
  • CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 11/17/2021
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 11/17/2022, 11:59 PM EST
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for primary care physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, and obstetricians and gynecologists.

The goal of this activity is to improve the management of comorbidities associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) during telehealth sessions.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have greater competence related to
    • Use of antidepressant medications to ameliorate MDD comorbidities
  • Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
    • Determine when comorbidities of MDD require a visit beyond a telemedicine encounter


Disclosures

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Medscape, LLC encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.


Faculty

  • Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP

    Director, UC-Irvine Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC)
    Family Medicine Assistant Dean
    University of California Irvine
    Irvine, California

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Advisor or consultant for: Johnson & Johnson

  • Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH

    Clinical Professor
    Department of Psychiatry
    Texas Tech University School of Medicine - Permian Basin
    Midland, Texas
    Private Practice
    Austin, Texas

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Advisor or consultant for: AbbVie; Acadia; Adamas; Alfasigma; Alkermes; Allergan; Cingulate Therapeutics; Eisai; Evidera; Impel; Janssen; Lilly; Lundbeck; Merck; Neos Therapeutics; Neurocrine Biosciences; Osmotica; Otsuka; Pamlab; Pfizer; Sage Therapeutics; Shire; Sunovion; Supernus; Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.; Teva
    Speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: AbbVie; Alkermes; Allergan; Corium; Indivior; Intra-Cellular Therapies; Ironshore Pharmaceuticals; Janssen; Lilly; Lundbeck; Merck; Neos Therapeutics; Neurocrine; Otsuka; Pamlab; Pfizer; Shire; Sunovion; Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.; Teva; Tris Pharmaceuticals
    Grants for clinical research from: AbbVie; Allergan; Lilly; Lundbeck; Otsuka; Pfizer; Shire; Takeda Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A., Inc.

Editor

  • Frances McFarland, PhD, MA

    Associate Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Frances McFarland, PhD, MA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

CME, CE Reviewer/Nurse Planner

  • Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE, CHCP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE, CHCP, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

None of the nonfaculty planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Peer Reviewer

This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Ask Your Mentor: MDD and Comorbid Conditions

Authors: Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP; Rakesh Jain, MD, MPHFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 11/17/2021

Valid for credit through: 11/17/2022, 11:59 PM EST

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Educational Impact Challenge

The goal of this activity is to improve the management of comorbidities associated with MDD during telehealth sessions.

Before you begin this activity, please assess your clinical knowledge by completing this brief survey. Answering these questions again after the activity will allow you to see what you learned and to compare your answers with those of your peers.

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