Total Credits: 2
Amphetamines The Next Epidemic: What History Has Not Taught Us (OPIOID)
The prescription drug industry is using the exact same practices to boost Amphetamine sales as were used in the Opiate Epidemic. This presentation examines the evidence and proposes changes in practice to offset this trend before it is named an Epidemic.
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Diagnosis and Management of Bipolar Disease in the Primary Care Setting
This session aims to increase primary care physicians' comfort with identifying bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder and its variants. Additionally, high-yield management guidelines for these conditions will be reviewed.
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Statement of Accreditation
The Texas Osteopathic Medical Association (TOMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. TOMA designates is program for a maximum of 2 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
Grievance Policy
All grievances may be directed to TOMA's Executive Director at toma@txosteo.org. All grievances will receive an initial response within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can submit a complaint to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
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Helene Alphonso, DO, FAPA, is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and board certified by the American Board Neurology and Psychiatry and the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Addiction. She graduated with honors in Neuroscience as an undergraduate at UT Dallas and attended Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Alphonso practices as an Attending Psychiatrist at John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) in Fort Worth Texas for their Psychiatric Residency program and as a consultant to the Neuroscience Institute at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. She is an Assistant Professor for the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Texas Christian University Medical School.
She has previously served as the Director of Medical Education for Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Residencies, Director of Osteopathic Medical Education at JPS, and Osteopathic Program Director of Psychiatry at JPS.
Dr. Alphonso discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.
Rohini Mehta, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (UIWSOM). She graduated from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and completed her residency training at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. At UIWSOM, Dr. Mehta serves as the Psychiatry Clerkship Director and Phase II Curriculum Director. She is a recipient of the UIWSOM Teaching Excellence Faculty Award in 2023. Dr. Mehta is also Faculty Co-Advisor for the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She is a NBOME National Faculty member and serves on the COMAT Psychiatry subcommittee. In her clinical practice, she cares for active duty service members and supervises resident physicians from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where she was awarded the PGY-3 Faculty of the Year award in 2025.
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