Presented by:
Richa Vijayvargiya, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry Service Director, UF Shands
Co-Presenters:
Farah Amer, MD
Naveen Baskaran, MD, MSHI
Michael Jaffee, MD
Brittany Milo, DO
Anu Sharma, MD
Faculty Disclosure:
Drs. Vijayvargiya, Amer, Baskaran, Jaffee, Milo, and Sharma have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationship(s). No one else in a position to control content has any financial relationships to disclose.
Conflict of interest information for the CME Advisory Committee members can be found on the following website: https://cme.ufl.edu/disclosure/. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Release Date: September 8, 2023
Expiration Date: September 7, 2025
Target Audience: All physicians
Learning Objectives:
As a result of participation in this activity, participants should be able to:
- Outline the general medical workup indicated for altered mental status in the inpatient setting.
- Discuss the indications for specialized testing in cases of altered mental status.
- Identify an approach to creating a differential diagnosis for altered mental status.
- Discuss the possible causes of altered mental status and the role of a psychiatrist in certain cases.
Requirements for successful completion: Certificates are awarded upon successful completion (80% proficiency) of the post-test.
Accreditation: The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Resource(s) for further study:
- American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed., text revision (DSM-5-TR). American Psychiatric Association Publishing. doi: 10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
- Delirium, dementia, & rapidly progressive dementia. Berkowitz A.L.(Ed.), (2022). Clinical Neurology & Neuroanatomy: A Localization-Based Approach, 2e. McGraw Hill. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3206§ionid=267390919
- Josephson S, & Miller B.L. (2022). Confusion and delirium. Loscalzo J, & Fauci A, & Kasper D, & Hauser S, & Longo D, & Jameson J(Eds.), Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e. McGraw Hill. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3095§ionid=261487425
- Stern, T. A., Freudenreich, O., Smith, F. A., Fricchione, G. L., & Rosenbau, J. F. (2017). Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry (7th ed.). Elsevier – OHCE. https://bookshelf.health.elsevier.com/books/9780323496445
- Wilber, S. T., & Ondrejka, J. E. (2016). Altered mental status and delirium. Emergency medicine clinics of North America, 34(3), 649–665.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Nancy Boyd at (352) 594-4298 or at nancy.boyd@ufl.edu