Jason Eric Schiffman, MD, MA, MBA is the founder and Director of the UCLA Dual Diagnosis Program and Camden Center, a nationally recognized center of excellence for the treatment of addictive and psychiatric disorders. He is a Diplomate of the National Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
Dr. Schiffman completed his residency in psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior where he served as chief resident for the UCLA Anxiety Disorder Program. He is a graduate of the MD/MBA program at the University of Southern California and received a Masters of Arts degree in Linguistics from UCLA where he specialized in syntax and semantics. He has written extensively on the subjects of addiction, trauma, anxiety, and depression in both the academic and popular press and lectures frequently on these topics throughout the U.S.
He has broad research experience in psychopharmacology and molecular biology and has authored numerous scientific publications in these fields. At Camden Center, Dr. Schiffman has pioneered the development of novel healthcare systems for the treatment of psychiatric, addictive disorders, and eating disorders that integrate medical, psychopharmacologic, psychotherapeutic, and somatic modalities. The Camden model of care identifies and treats both the symptoms and causes of mental health disorders through diagnostic evaluation, research-validated outcome measures, and the matching of patients with integrated, multidisciplinary teams of expert clinicians.
Etiologic Diagnosis of Mental Health Disorders: A System that Heals
The diagnostic framework currently used in mental health care is based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM) which defines diagnoses symptomatically and is agnostic with respect to the etiology and pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders. The use of this diagnostic system has led to the current system of mental health care in which treatment is typically undertaken without an understanding of the etiology of what is being treated. For most mental health conditions, determining the etiology is necessary in order to provide effective treatment. In the absence of th...Read moreis understanding, the underlying mechanisms causing a patient's symptoms remain unknown and treatment becomes equivalent to symptom reduction. In this presentation, a diagnostic framework that produces "etiological diagnoses" will be discussed as a way of changing the mental healthcare system from a system that treats symptoms to one that heals causes. This presentation provides a pragmatic model for the creation of etiologic diagnoses, allowing for the specification of the various psychological and biological processes contributing to a patient's DSM diagnoses and organizing these processes into a causal hierarchy. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Describe the causal relationship between adverse childhood events and subsequent development of mental health and addictive disorders.
- List 3 biological causes of impulse disinhibition and dysphoric affect that can play a causal role in the development of addictive and eating disorders.
- Identify three tools to use in practice that will help identify the etiology of a diagnoses of a patient in order to provide more effective treatment.
Learning Levels
- All levels
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Live Interactive Webinar
09:00 AM PST - 10:30 AM PST
EARN 1.5 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Jason Eric Schiffman, MD, MA, MBA
Agenda
9-10:30am Presentation and Q&ACE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours
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