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MEDtalks! Treatment of MDD and Anxiety in the Primary Care Setting

Thursday, June 25th at 12pm -1pm CST

Speaker:
Nicholas Wittry, MD
Family Medicine/Psychiatry
Good Hope Clinic
Advocate Health

Moderator:
Ashley Kwasinski, DNP, APNP
MEDtalks Planner
Infectious Disease
ASLMC, Advocate Health

Course Overview:
This session provides practical, evidence-based strategies for managing depression and anxiety in the primary care setting, from first-line treatments to advanced approaches for treatment-resistant cases. This session will highlight how to tailor care using validated screening tools, optimize therapy through augmentation strategies, and confidently monitor progress over time. Attendees will leave with tools to support better outcomes and know when to escalate care.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the activity, the learner should be able to:

  1. Identify first-line pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders in the primary care setting, including severity-based treatment selection guided by validated screening tools.
  2. Apply evidence-based augmentation strategies for patients with treatment resistant depression and anxiety, including the use of adjunctive atypical antipsychotics, medication switching, and combination approaches.
  3. Implement a structured monitoring and follow-up plan using serial symptom measurement to assess treatment response, guide dose optimization, and determine appropriate timing for referral to psychiatry.
Session date: 
06/25/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CDT
Location: 
Microsoft Teams Webinar
United States
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  • 1.00 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
  • 1.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 1.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
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