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When Not to Be Concerned: The Uncertain Certainties of Mass Traumas

LAU Medical Center–Rizk Hospital, Dr. Michel E. Mawad Block D, auditorium, 5th floor and Online

The Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine invites you to attend a special grand round during which the speakers will explore the challenge of distinguishing between psychiatric disorders and understandable psychological reactions in times of prolonged conflict.


Speakers:

Wael Salame, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Psychiatry
Associate Director, LAU Clinical Simulation Center
LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Pia Tohme, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
Chair of the Department of Psychology and Education
LAU School of Arts and Sciences


In the current context in Lebanon, physicians, residents, and medical students are increasingly encountering symptoms such as anxiety, hypervigilance, sleep disturbance, and emotional exhaustion that may reflect both pathology and normal responses to ongoing war and instability. This session will examine how uncertainty, collective stress, and moral distress shape clinical presentations, and when concern, diagnosis, or restraint is most appropriate. Through discussion, we aim to reflect on the boundaries between illness and adaptation in a population living under extraordinary circumstances.
 

Webex Access: (Click here to join) 
Event Number: 2360 485 9271 
Event Password: 1234
 

For CME/ CPD credits

You are kindly requested to:

  • Log in to WebEx using your full name to ensure accurate attendance tracking.
  • Attend at least 75% of the session to be eligible to receive a certificate of attendance, in accordance with CME Office guidelines.
  • Attendance via WebEx will be recorded by the CME Office.

Attendance & Certification:

Participants who attend at least 75% of the session are eligible to receive 1 CME credit as designated by the Lebanese Order of Physicians (for physicians), or a certificate of attendance with 1 CPD credit for non-physicians.

Disclosure & Independence Statement:

All faculty and planners have disclosed relevant financial relationships, and no conflicts of interest were identified; therefore, no mitigation was required.

Target Audience:
This activity is designed for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, psychologists, and health professions teaching faculty, as well as other healthcare professionals involved in obesity management, metabolic care, and mental health.