Target Audience

Family Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Specialists, and Learners in Health Professions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, the learners will be able to:

• Assess common mental health problems encountered in primary care, including in specific patient populations.
• Develop a comprehensive treatment plan using a biopsychosocial care model, which comprises a variety of therapeutic strategies, including pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.
• Apply the latest clinical practice guidelines specific to the management of mental health concerns throughout the lifespan.
• Recognize how to initiate treatment and when to refer for a specialty or tertiary care assessment.
• Identify local, provincial and online resources specific to mental health concerns.
• Identify the risk of burnout in health care professions, and ways to minimize risk and access help.
• Raise awareness of implicit bias in mental health care.

Accreditation Statements

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This one–credit–per–hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program for up to 13 Mainpro+ credits.

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program. You may claim a maximum of 13 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at ama–assn.org/go/internationalcme

Each healthcare provider should claim only those hours of credit that he/ she actually spent in the educational activity.