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Digital Seminar

Psychopharmacology of Trauma for Prescribers and Healthcare Professionals


Speaker:
Stephanie L. Shafer, MSN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jun 01, 2024
Product Code:
POS059814
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

You’ve seen clients and patients come in with a laundry list of medications and multiple diagnoses – PTSD, depression, anxiety and more.

Whether you’re a therapist, social worker, nurse or other healthcare practitioner knowing the in-and-outs of how trauma and comorbid mental health problems effect the brain and are impacted by medication is essential to your work.

In simple, easy-to-understand modules you’ll walk away with:

  • In-depth knowledge to enhance communication with treatment teams
  • Essentials of trauma’s impact on the brain and what it means for your work
  • Mastery of how medications interact with neurotransmitters to better understand medication function
  • Expertise on commonly prescribed medications, including side effects, benefits, side-by-side comparison of medications - including when and why they’re prescribed
  • Conjunctive strategies, lifestyle interventions & more!

Give your clients and patients the highest standard of care – learn the psychopharmacology of one of the most challenging and common clinical presentations, trauma and its comorbidities.

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



* Credit Note - **

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. 
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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


* Credit Note - ---

Earn up to 6.0 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by state and profession. 


Nurses - Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners

This self-study program offers 371 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 6.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement. 


Nurses - Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists - ANCC

PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses completing these self-study materials will earn 6.0 contact hours. Expires: 02/28/2027.


Nurses - California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Nurses - Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

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Nurses - Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.0 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Speaker

Stephanie L. Shafer, MSN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC's Profile

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Stephanie L. Shafer, MSN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, works in a large private practice in Lansing, MI, providing clinical services to children, adolescents, and adults with psychiatric disorders, including ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Obsessive-compulsive tendencies, Schizophrenia, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD, and Personality Disorders. She has achieved considerable success treating these conditions. This success has largely resulted from the development of a structured model of care that includes a significant focus on clinical and background histories, identifying psychosocial stressors, and evaluating prior medical and psychiatric diagnoses (and treatment regimens associated with these conditions). This approach and model of medical management is essential to the effective delivery of psychiatric medications to this population.

From a clinical perspective, Stephanie has worked in a myriad of settings, including emergency medicine, primary care, and psychiatry, within a large urban hospital, community-based practice, clinics, and in a private-practice setting. Her transition from primary care to psychiatry evolved as a means of providing effective treatment for a growing population of underserved patients with psychiatric disorders.

Stephanie’s commitment to her specialty is evident. She completed a post-graduate degree specializing in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, earned her Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certificate, and is a requested presenter, sharing her expertise with multidisciplinary healthcare audiences throughout the country.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Stephanie Shafer is the owner and founder of Neurobehavioral Health and Wellness. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Stephanie Shafer is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


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Objectives

  1. Determine foundational understanding of trauma including development and comorbidities.
  2. Identify framework for understanding how trauma impacts the brain development and function.
  3. Examine how neurotransmitters and medication interact and impact clients afflicted with trauma symptoms.
  4. Evaluate commonly utilized psychotropic medications, including adverse effects, applications,interactions and brain pathways utilized.
  5. Identify the basic mechanism of action as it relates to psychotropics from various classes.
  6. Compare current and newer treatments of PTSD, including psychedelics.

Outline

Trauma epidemiology
Trauma 
  • Types of trauma
  • Manifestations of trauma
Trauma and the brain
  • Neurobiology of trauma
  • Neurotransmitters and neurotransmission as it relates to medications used in trauma and other common comorbid conditions(i.e.: depression, anxiety, bipolar, personality disorders- borderline)
Psychopharmacology-
  • Review of neurobiology in terms of medication MOA
  • Discuss differentiating factors in terms of different classes of meds
Psychopharmacology- medications as they relate to PTSD
  • Antidepressants in general and their use in PTSD
  • Anxiolytics in general and their use in PTSD
  • Mood stabilizers in general and their use in PTSD
  • Antipsychotics in general and their use in PTSD
  • Frequent manifestations of trauma and pharmacological treatments
Newer treatment options for PTSD such as ketamine and psychedelics
Non-pharmacological treatments used in conjunction with medications for PTSD

Target Audience

  • Advanced Practice Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners

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