Master the management of complex psychiatric presentations through evidence-based care.

This program focuses on the science-based step-wise management approach to patients with complicated psychiatric presentations.


Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify "polypharmacy", including current concepts regarding the safe and appropriate prescribing of multiple pharmacological treatments.
  2. Categorize potential treatment approaches: initiate, optimize, switch, combine and discontinue.
  3. Appraise common pharmacotherapy myths: what's the evidence to support or refute long-standing barriers to optimal care. 
  4. Manage the evidence-based, step-wise approach to treating patients with multiple psychiatric comorbidities (E.g. bipolar disorder + ADHD/ personality disorder), psychiatric and physical comorbidities (E.g. pain/ cardiac/inflammatory disorders + depression) and concurrent disorders (combined mental illness and substance use disorders).   
  5. Appraise the potential of non-pharmacological approaches to treatment, including neurostimulation, psychotherapy, alternative and complementary treatments and social prescribing.


Credits you'll earn



Speaker

Dr. Diane McIntosh

B.Sc. Pharmacy, MD, FRCPC

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

Dr. McIntosh is extensively involved in providing continuing medical education programs to colleagues nationally and internationally, with a focus on rational pharmacology and the neurobiology of mood and anxiety disorders and ADHD.

A widely respected author, educator, innovative entrepreneur, and advocate, she has dedicated her career to improving access to psychiatric care through the intersection of education and advanced technology. Dr. McIntosh has co-founded several landmark resources, including SwitchRx, an online tool used by over 125,000 global healthcare professionals; and RAPIDS, a platform designed to personalize psychiatric treatment and improve patient outcomes.

Beyond her clinical and digital innovation, she is the author of three books—including the acclaimed This is Depression—and the host of the PsychedUp, Blindsided, and Wicked Mind podcasts.

Dr. McIntosh’s significant contributions to Canadian healthcare and her lifelong service to psychiatric advocacy have earned her prestigious national recognitions. She was named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network, and was honored with the King Charles III Coronation Medal, a testament to her enduring impact on medical education and her unwavering commitment to the mental health community.

Learn at Your Own Pace!

Enjoy 120 days of flexible access to review the material and claim your CME/CPD credits whenever it suits your schedule

Program content

  • Downloadable Handout

  • Recorded session

  • Evaluation Survey & Certificate of Attendance