Description of Workshops
Workshop 1: A New Approach to Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Intended for health care professionals. This is a one to three hour interactive lecture/discussion. Subjects reviewed in detail include:
- Incidence and presenting symptoms of medically unexplained disease
- Initial approach to the patient with a negative diagnostic evaluation
- Diagnosis of the five types of stress capable of causing physical symptoms
- Techniques for managing each type of stress
Longer versions of this workshop include the following additional material:
- More detailed discussion of the complex process leading from childhood stress to symptoms in an adult. This information facilitates diagnosis and treatment in childhood stress survivors.
- A larger number of illustrative clinical anecdotes
- Expanded discussion of the interaction between different types of stress
- Expanded discussion of treatment techniques
"Dr. Clarke is the most gifted person I have ever met in teaching about stress-related illness and was a remarkably effective speaker at our Palliative Care conference."
Susan W. Tolle, MD, FACP
Cornelia Hayes Stevens Chair
Director,
Center for Ethics in Health Care,
Oregon Health & Science University
"Dr. Clarke's presentations on stress illness are as inspiring as they are informative. Most physicians suspect the role of stress in illness but lack the skill to make the connection in a therapeutic way. Dr. Clarke's presentation makes clear and practical some of the most subtle (yet powerful) techniques in medicine."
Erik K. Fromme, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Oregon Health & Science University
Workshop 2: Hidden Stresses and Your Health
Intended for the general public and people without formal medical training. This is an interactive lecture/discussion (1 - 2.5 hours). Topics are reviewed in non-technical language and include:
- Definition of stress and how it causes physical symptoms
- Types of symptoms caused by stress
- Inability to diagnose stress illness with medical tests
- Review of the five types of stress capable of causing physical symptoms
- Numerous examples to help listeners uncover their own hidden stresses
- The complex process that links childhood stress to certain personal characteristics in the adult as well as to symptoms
- The interaction between different types of stress
- Treatment techniques for each type of stress
Powerpoint Files (Annotated) for Workshop 2