Session Learning Objectives

Those attending this session will receive information that should allow them to:

• Summarize the current evidence supporting the role of autoimmunity in psychiatric disorders and its implications for clinical practice;
• Identify clinical “red flag” symptoms, signs, and lab results suggestive of an organic or autoimmune cause of psychiatric disorders;
• Discuss the appropriate diagnostic workup based on the presence of clinical red flags; and
• Summarize current approaches to autoantibody discovery