• Counselors
• Addiction Counselors
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
• Physicians
• Nurses

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the screening/evaluation and management guidelines for the major cardiovascular disease risk factors (Obesity, Smoking, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes).

• Describe specific screening/ evaluation and management considerations for the major cardiovascular disease risk factors for people with mental illness.

• Describe the spectrum of chronic pain syndromes.

• Identify when screening for co-morbid psychiatric illness is appropriate

• Janssen, E. M., McGinty, E. E., Azrin, S. T., Juliano-Bult, D., & Daumit, G. L. (2015). Review of the evidence: Prevalence of medical conditions in the United States population with serious mental illness. General Hospital Psychiatry, 37(3), 199–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.03.004

• Launders, N., Kirsh, L., Osborn, D. P., & Hayes, J. F. (2022). The temporal relationship between severe mental illness diagnosis and chronic physical comorbidity: A UK primary care cohort study of disease burden over 10 years. The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(9), 725–735. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366 (22)00225-5

• Pizzol, D., Trott, M., Butler, L., Barnett, Y., Ford, T., Neufeld, S. A., Ragnhildstveit, A., Parris, C. N., Underwood, B. R., López Sánchez, G. F., Fossey, M., Brayne, C., Fernandez-Egea, E., Fond, G., Boyer, L., Shin, J. I., Pardhan, S., & Smith, L. (2023). Relationship between severe mental illness and physical multimorbidity: A meta-analysis and call for action. BMJ Mental Health, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300870

• United States Preventive Services Task Force. (24 Aug 2021). Pre-Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-for- prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes

• United States Preventive Services Task Force. (27 April 2021). High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hypertension-in-adults-screening

• United States Preventive Services Task Force. (23 Aug 2023). Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/statin-use-in-adults-preventive- medication

• United States Preventive Services Task Force. (19 Jan 2021). Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: Interventions. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-adults-and- pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions

• Van Hasselt FM, Oud MJT, Loonen AJM. Improvement of care for the physical health of patients with severe mental illness: a qualitative study assessing the view of patients and families. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 13:426.

• Whelton, P. K., Carey, R. M., Aronow, W. S., Casey, D. E., Collins, K. J., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., DePalma, S. M., Gidding, S., Jamerson, K. A., Jones, D. W., MacLaughlin, E. J., Muntner, P., Ovbiagele, B., Smith, S. C., Spencer, C. C., Stafford, R. S., Taler, S. J., Thomas, R. J., Williams, K. A., … Wright, J. T. (2018). 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/apha/ash/ASPC/NMA/PCNA guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71(19). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.11.006