Endocrinology and Behavioral Disorders

LIVE WEBINAR (9/13)

Presenter: DVM, PhD Martyna Woszczyło
Webinar start: July 13, 2026, 7:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes

We invite you to participate in a new, comprehensive training series dedicated to clinical behavioral medicine. The program has been created for veterinarians who want to better understand the relationship between a patient's behavior and their health status.

This is a practical training series that will help answer one of the key questions in daily clinical practice: is the observed problem behavioral, or does its source lie in a somatic illness?

During the webinar, we will focus on how hormonal disorders can affect the behavior of dogs and cats. Endocrine diseases can alter activity levels, arousal, sleep, appetite, social reactions, frustration tolerance, irritability, anxiety, and the animal's ability to learn and cope with stress.

We will discuss, among other things, the influence of thyroid diseases, adrenal glands, metabolic disorders, and sex hormones on the animal's functioning. An important element will be recognizing situations where a change in behavior may be one of the first or most noticeable symptoms of an endocrine disease.

We will also address the topic of differentiating between primary behavioral problems and secondary problems due to hormonal disorders.

During the webinar, we will discuss:

– The impact of hormonal disorders on emotions, arousal, activity, sleep, and appetite

– Changes such as irritability, anxiety, apathy, excessive arousal, frustration intolerance, and altered social reactions

– Possible behavioral symptoms of thyroid diseases, adrenal glands, and metabolic disorders

– The influence of sex hormones on the animal's behavior and emotional functioning

– Situations where a behavioral problem may be secondary to an endocrine disease

– The importance of collaboration between the veterinarian and behaviorist in managing a patient with chronic illness

Additional information about the webinar

The webinar is intended exclusively for veterinarians.

In all webinars, the common thread is a clinical perspective on the patient: when a change in behavior should prompt further somatic diagnostics, how not to overlook pain or chronic discomfort, and how to combine medical and behavioral approaches.

The training will provide veterinarians with practical knowledge necessary for accurate differentiation of somatic problems from primary behavioral ones, directing diagnostics immediately to the right track.

This is the ninth webinar in the series "Behavioral Medicine in a Nutshell".

Included with your ticket:
✓ 14-day access to the recording
✓ certificate with educational points (PDF) for self-download during access period

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