What You’ll Learn
- Define the prevalence of anxiety among people with serious illness and its impact on quality of life
- Recognize that anxiety is treatable
- Identify the importance of screening people with serious illness for anxiety
- Deploy evidence-based strategies for the treatment of anxiety
What You’ll Earn
CAPC members can earn the following free continuing education credits:
Case Management: 1.00 CE
Licensed Professional Counselors: 1.00 CE
Medicine: 0.75 CME, 0.75 ABIM MOC
Nursing: 1.00 CNE, 0.25 Pharmacotherapy
Social Work: 1.00 CE (NASW)
Social Work: 1.00 CE (NYSED)
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Tools & Resources
GAD-7 Anxiety Scale
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Screening tool for generalized anxiety disorder.
viewPHQ-4: Validated Screening Tool for Anxiety and Depression
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Brief (4-question) screening tool for anxiety and depression.
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Symptom Management Glossary
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Key terms related to symptom management. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2017.
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Course References: Anxiety
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Course citations. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2017.
members loginFast Fact #186: Anxiety in Palliative Care
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Screening tools and diagnosing anxiety in patients with serious illness.
viewDSM-V: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Taxonomic and diagnostic tool for mental disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
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Course Faculty
Drew Rosielle, MD, FAAHPM. Palliative Care, Fairview Health Services, University of Minnesota Medical School.
Lolita Melhado, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC. Family Nurse Practitioner/Palliative Care, Gulf Coast Medical Center - Lee Memorial Health System.
Philip Higgins, PhD, LICSW. President, Lighthouse Counseling of Salem, Inc.
Peer Reviewers
Linda Pang, MD. Fellow, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Contact information: For technical questions about online activity or continuing education credits, contact membership@capc.org or 212-201-2674.
Provided by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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