Puget Sound Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds - Archived Presentations

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Mental Health Considerations in Occupational/Environmental Medicine
by Stephen C. Hunt, MD MPH
Presented Thursday, November 9, 2006

Disclosure: This course has been planned and implemented in accordance with ACOEM. This speaker has no significant financial interest or other relationship with any commercial products mentioned in this presentation.

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This presentation has been approved by the ACOEM for CME credit until December 31, 2009. 
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Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the impact of common mental health conditions on the workplace
  • Explore the effects of common mental health conditions on the diagnosis and treatment of occupational and environmental health conditions
  • Discuss strategies for integrating an awareness of and approach to of these conditions in an OEM practice

Stephen C. Hunt, MD, MPH
Deployment Health Clinic
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, WA

Dr. Hunt is the Director of the Deployment Health Clinic at the VA Puget Sound where he currently takes care of military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. He has spent the past decade providing care for and conducting clinical research on combat veterans from the 1991 Gulf War. He also directs the program at the VA Puget Sound that provides evaluations and care for veterans with Agent Orange exposures, ionizing radiation exposures and other toxic environmental exposures related to military service. He is involved in clinical care and research related to health concerns of combat veterans locally, state-wide and at the national level.

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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the Joint Sponsorship of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and NAOEM.  The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.