The Health Harms of Stress: Shifting to an Upward Spiral
Length: 54 Minutes
This program will expire and must be completed by 09/09/27.
** Please note this program was a part of the VOC 2024. You will not want to choose this program if you completed this individual program as part of the VOC 2024. **
This presentation will review what happens in the body during a stress response and the changes that occur. The illnesses that result from stress will be discussed and how physicians can help their patients overcome stress by counseling them.
Educational Objectives:
• Describe the wide variety of behavioral manifestations of stress responses and new thinking about disaster response.
• Understand the basic approaches of psychological first aid and stress first aid.
• Describe the 6 skills of psychological recovery.
• Be able to link the impact of chronic stress on physical health and mental health.
Accreditation Statements:
This program is co-sponsored by the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO). Both osteopathic associations are accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.
The program has been designated for a maximum of one (1) AOA Category 1-A Credit(s) by the co-sponsors who have authorized the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons to report CME and specialty credits to the AOA commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) designates this conference for a maximum of one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Planning Disclosure:
The Virtual CME Committee consisting of representatives from the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO), has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of these presentations.
Osteopathic Grievance Policy:
All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance. Initially, all grievances should be directed to the MAOPS Executive Director, who will then forward said grievance to the Virtual CME Committee. All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can then submit a complaint in writing to the Council on Continuing Medical Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
Dr. Saskia Hostetler-Lippy is the third-generation of physicians in her family to train at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. She trained as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and has been an activist at the forefront of mental health, human rights and democracy activism. She has also been a volunteer in disaster psychology with the Crisis Emotional Care Team. Dr. Hostetler-Lippy completed her degree as a Psychoanalyst at Oregon Psychoanalytical Institute & Center in Portland, Oregon. She has been in clinical practice in Portland, Oregon, for over 18 years. Dr. Hostetler-Lippy works for Cascadia Health as the Medical Director of Acute Crisis Services in Portland, Oregon. She is also an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon. Dr. Hostetler-Lippy is board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Hostetler-Lippy has worked in various mental health disaster response settings since 2020. She has worked with Physicians for Human Rights and the Crisis Emotional Care Team. Dr. Hostetler-Lippy holds a Climate Change and Public Health certificate from the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut. She is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) graduate. She is herself a trauma survivor and brings personal experiences to recovery and wellness after surviving stressful and traumatic experiences.
Dr. Hostetler-Lippy enjoys forest bathing, hiking, yoga, and obsessively reading when not working.
Dr. Hostetler-Lippy discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients relative to the content of this presentation.