2025/2026 - Psychiatry Essentials - Trauma-Informed Psychiatry: From Diagnosis to Recovery

This course provides a brief overview of trauma and stressor‑related disorders, including their history, epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, and clinical features. Participants will learn key risk factors, high‑risk populations, underlying pathophysiology, and current evidence‑based treatment options for managing acute stress disorder, PTSD, and related conditions.

Target Audience

  • Physicians
  • Residents

Learning Objectives

Learners will be able to:

  • Identify major trauma and stressor‑related disorders and recognize their core diagnostic features. 
  • Describe key risk factors, high‑risk groups, and neurobiological mechanisms involved in trauma responses. 
  • Summarize current therapeutic approaches, including psychotherapy and pharmacologic options for PTSD and acute stress disorder.

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
04/08/2026
Course expires: 
06/30/2026
Rating: 
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Speaker(s)

Michelle Pearce, M.D.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Moderator(s)

Muhammad Saeed, Bcom

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Peer Reviewer(s)

Brandyn Powers, DO

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Participation
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