Emotional Dysregulation with Explosive Outbursts 

Oct 28, 2022

                                        

                                                         November 9, 2022, 7:30-8:30 AM  

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Emotional dysregulation with explosive outbursts and the associated symptoms are often responsible for: expulsions from childcare, placement in restrictive educational settings, extended stays in the Emergency Department, admissions to psychiatric hospitals and placement in residential treatment programs. This webinar will focus on the following learning objectives: 

• Identify how symptoms can impair children. 

• Design an effective treatment plan for children experiencing emotional dysregulation with explosive outbursts. 

• Identify appropriate biopsychosocial treatments.  

Lindsey Tweed, MD, MHP   

Medical Director  

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Edmund Ervin Pediatric Center/Maine General Health  

  

Dr. Tweed received his Medical Degree from the Duke University School of Medicine and a Master's in Public Health from the University of North Carolina. He completed his residency in General Psychiatry at Duke and was on the Duke clinical faculty as a general psychiatrist for five years before completing a two year fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Duke. After moving to Maine, he worked for several years in the Maine Medical Center/Spring Harbor Hospital system before becoming Medical Director of the Office of Child and Family Services at Maine DHHS. He currently works at the Edmund Ervin Pediatric Center at Maine General Hospital and is the President of the Maine Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Maine Medical Education Trust and Medical Care Development Inc. The Maine Medical Education Trust is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and  

Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians. A maximum of 1 AMA credit TM.