Thyrotoxicosis Factitia: Psychiatric Manifestations of Exogenous Thyroid Use
12:30 – 1:00 PM EST, Wednesday, March 12
Platform: Zoom
Trainee Presenter: Michalla Braford DO, PGY3 in Psychiatry, Lewis Gale Medical Center, Salem VA
Discussant: Claire Brandon, MD Founder and Medical director of Whole Body Psychiatry, PC in New York City
Moderator: David Fipps, DO, Senior Associate Consultant in CL, Transplant, and Bariatric Surgery Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Description: Dr. Bradford will present a clinical case that illuminates the risks of use of exogenous thyroid hormone for wellness purposes and how this can translate to psychiatric symptoms. Dr. Brandon will serve as the expert discussant and provide a high yield and clinically relevant dialogue surrounding the risks of exogenous thyroid use and relevant laboratory and clinical findings in provoked hyperthyroidism case. The case presentation and facilitated discussion will be followed by a live audience question and answer session moderated by Dr. Fipps. The case conference will provide trainees an opportunity to learn about C-L psychiatry and augment C-L education at their institutions. Attendees will learn how to succinctly present a case, observe C-L psychiatrists work through diagnostic challenges, and appreciate management dilemmas that arise in C-L psychiatry.
We look forward to seeing many of you there!
Registration is required; there is no cost nor CME.