Webinars

Lifting the Fog:
An introduction to Complicated Grief Treatment
With Katherine Shear, MD
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Webinar Time:
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EDT
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CDT
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MDT
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. PDT
7:00 - 8:30 a.m. HADT
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The American Psychiatric Association is considering the inclusion of complicated grief disorder in the next edition of its diagnostic manual. This webinar will introduce practitioners to principles and procedures that have been shown to be effective as a treatment for complicated grief (CG), as well as review the different criteria sets being considered for inclusion in DSM-V. 

In this webinar, Dr. Shear will describe the components of her method, Complicated Grief Treatment (CGT), and share the results of her research that compares the outcomes of CGT and interpersonal psychotherapy. The presentation will also include an approach to screening, diagnosis and monitoring of CG symptoms, a description of the model and principles that underlie the treatment, examples of treatment formulation, and strategies and procedures used in modules or components of CGT.  

This course is recommended for experienced therapists or counselors who seek knowledge about complicated grief treatment.

Learning Objectives:
After participating in this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the syndrome of complicated grief (CG) and the diagnostic criteria under review for inclusion in DSM-V.
2. Understand the assessment tools needed to screen, diagnose and monitor the severity of CG.
3. Describe the main objective of complicated grief treatment (CGT) and the strategies that are used to achieve this goal.
4. Discuss the specific components of CGT.

About your instructor:

M. Katherine Shear M.D. is Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University School of Social Work. She graduated with Honors from the University of Chicago and attended medical school at Tufts University. She completed a medical residency and fellowship in infectious diseases and is Board Certified in internal medicine. After completing a residency in psychiatry at Payne Whitney Clinic, Cornell University Department of Psychiatry, and a fellowship in psychosomatic medicine at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she joined the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Cornell. There she established the Department’s first clinical research program in Anxiety Disorders and conducted research in panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Her recent research is in the area of bereavement and grief, resulting in completion of the first randomized controlled treatment study targeting the condition of complicated grief, showing effectiveness of a modified form of interpersonal psychotherapy. She is author or co-author of more than 200 publications and a frequent presenter at national and international meetings. She has served as co-chair of the American Psychiatric Association Treatment Guidelines for Panic Disorder, as Chair of the Annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and President of the Association for Clinical Psychosocial Research. She is a frequent consultant to national and international groups interested in bereavement and grief. She has developed assessment instruments, including the Panic Disorder Severity Scale, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale, an instrument to assess adult separation anxiety disorder and several new grief assessment measures.

CE Credits: 1.5
Nursing Contact Hours: 1.5

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Cancellations for this session will be accepted through end of business on Monday, May 17, 2010. Registrants who cancel within that time will receive a refund, minus a $10 service fee. Cancellations received after that day will not be refunded.