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Medically Unexplainable: Working with Somatic Symptom Disorders (N23)
Recorded for 2023 National Conference
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Activity DurationContent Expires: | July 15, 2024 (11:55 p.m. CT) CE for this activity will not be available after this date.
| This CE activity was recorded for the 2023 AANP National Conference. | This activity includes closed captioning. |
Delivery Note: The content for this activity was previously presented during the 2023 AANP National Conference. If you already completed the content of this activity while attending the live or virtual conference, you should not complete this content a second time. Learners should only complete ONE delivery-method to earn credit. Completing multiple delivery options for the same activity is considered duplicate credit for the same content and will not be accepted by regulatory bodies. |
Overview Building upon the revised diagnostic framework of the DSM-5, this presentation defines somatic symptom disorders, reducing the focus upon lacking medical explanations for physical symptoms in order to make the diagnosis of medically unexplained symptoms. With the renewed goal of increasing patient access to appropriate treatment, symptoms that are substantially more severe than expected in association with distress and impairment are emphasized. The presentation explores conditions with no medical explanation and conditions where there is some underlying pathology but an exaggerated response. These concepts are operationalized to enhance the nurse practitioner's skill in assessing, diagnosing and managing these challenging disorders in a variety of settings.
Objectives
- Define and differentiate psychosomatic symptoms and somatic symptom disorders.
- Articulate and explore strategies to assess clients with unexplained physical symptoms.
- Apply treatment approaches for mental health patients with prominent physical symptoms.
Speaker Josh Hamilton, DNP, RN/PMH-BC, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CTMH, CNE, FAANP
Disclosure This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies. The speaker has the following disclosures:- Josh Hamilton is a:
- Consultant and speaker for Myriad Neuroscience (pharmacogenomics).
- Paid ambassador for the Point of Care Network (POCN).
- All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
This educational activity may contain opinions of the authors from their personal experience. The activity may contain discussion of published and/ or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Further, attendees/ participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program. DisclaimerIndividuals who have contributed to the CE Center (content originally from the 2023 AANP National Conference) were carefully selected for their knowledge and experience in the subject area under review. This presentation is informational only and may contain opinions of the authors from their personal experience that do not necessarily express the opinions of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). The activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Clinical practice is a constantly changing process and new information becomes available every day. Neither AANP nor the contributing individuals can warrant that the material will continue to be accurate, nor do they warrant that the material is completely free of errors upon publication. Attendees and participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program. CE Credit Instructions
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1.6 Contact Hour(s) of CE, 0.56 of which may be applied towards Pharmacology
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