Treating OCD: Recent empirical findings and clinical applications

Designed for intermediate-level practitioners, this live, interactive webinar will focus on recent empirical findings in the treatment of OCD and clinical application of these empirically supported methods. Particular emphasis will be placed on provision of clinical services for OCD patients who have demonstrated prior partial or non-response to cognitive-behavioral, pharmacological, or combined treatment approaches. A moderated Q&A session will be held at the end of the presentation to address audience questions. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Explain four empirically supported interventions for OCD, including recent findings about pharmacotherapy and CBT augmentation strategies
  • Apply at least two evidence-based interventions for OCD patients, including CBT, pharmacotherapy, and combined treatment approaches, for those patients who have not responded completely to prior treatment

Monday, October 26, 2020

Live Interactive Webinar

01:00 PM EDT - 02:30 PM EDT

EARN 1.5 CE Credit Hours
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About the speakers

Martin E. Franklin, PhD

Martin E. Franklin, PhD

Rogers Behavioral Health
Dr. Franklin is an internationally renowned expert on OCD, OC-spectrum disorders, and body-focused repetitive behaviors, as well as the study and treatment of anxiety and related conditions. In addition to serving as the clinical director of Rogers’ Philadelphia location, Dr. Franklin is an associate professor emeritus of clinical psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Sanjaya Saxena, MD

Sanjaya Saxena, MD

Adult psychiatrist, San Diego
Sanjaya Saxena, MD, is a board-certified adult psychiatrist at Rogers Behavioral Health in San Diego. In addition to his role caring for patients with Rogers, Dr. Saxena is a clinical professor in the University of California, San Diego Department of Psychiatry. He served as director of the UCSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Program (2006-2020), was director of the UCLA OCD Research Program, and was Associate Director of the UCLA Anxiety Disorders Program (1996-2005). Dr. Saxena’s research focuses on the neurobiology and treatment of OCD, hoarding disorder, and related disorders. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the International OCD Foundation and was an advisor to the DSM-5 Workgroup on Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.

Agenda

1 pm ET Welcome and speaker introductions

1:05 pm CBT and combined treatment for OCD

                    • Brief summary of current literature

                    • Highlights of recent findings

1:25 pm Pharmacotherapy for OCD 

                    • Brief summary of practice guidelines

                    • Psychopharmacological and neuromodulatory treatment approaches for treatment-refractory OCD 

1:50 pm Clinical applications

                    • Empirically supported interventions

                    • Approaches specific to partial and non-responders to prior treatment

2:15 pm Moderated Q&A 

2:28 pm Where to get additional information; closure

CE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours

CE Approvals

American Psychological Association
Rogers Behavioral Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rogers Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Rogers Behavioral Health designates this live program for X continuing education credits; no partial credits will be awarded.
Association of Social Work Boards
Rogers Behavioral Health, provider number 1101, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory board have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Rogers Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this course. Approval period: October 18, 2023 – October 18, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive X clinical continuing education credits.
National Board for Certified Counselors
Rogers Behavioral Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6192. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Rogers Behavioral Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. X instructional clock hours will be awarded.
Other Professionals
Rogers Behavioral Health will issue a certificate of attendance for your participation in this activity.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal.

Participants must be logged in for the entire program to be eligible to receive CE credit. Participants who complete the webinar will receive an email with the link to the evaluation form – this will be sent to the email account used to register. Once the evaluation form is completed, participants will be able to download their certificate. 


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Upon accessing the CE-Go website, you will be able to:

  • Complete the mandatory evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your CE Certificate in PDF form

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