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Psychopharmacology: What You Need to Know Today About Psychiatric Medications


Speaker:
Tom Smith, P.D., FASCP, LMHC, NCP, BCCP
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jun 07, 2016
Product Code:
POS050515
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Digital Seminar | DVD


Description

  • Improve your clients’ adherence to their meds
  • Practical ways to effectively communicate med information
  • Best meds for each disorder & age group
  • Depression, bipolar, anxiety, schizophrenia, ADHD
  • DSM-5® and psychotropic med use

Most Up-To-Date Psychotropic Medication Info - Guaranteed!

Demands on mental health professionals to expand their knowledge of psychotropic meds are like never before . . . not only do you need to be on top of the latest developments and what is on the horizon, but you also have to take that information, and use it most effectively for your client.

  • Proven methods to improve clients’ understanding of their mental illness, and how medication aids recovery
  • Identifying treatment concerns with inappropriate, inadequate doses of medication
  • Tools to help clients manage unpleasant side effects
  • Strategies to improve client adherence to medications
  • Depression, bipolar, anxiety, schizophrenia, ADHD -- the latest trends in medication management

OUTLINE

Biological Psychiatry

  • Neurotransmitters: The brain’s building blocks

Depression

  • Antidepressants: How they work
  • Cyclics
  • SSRIs
  • SNRIs
  • Atypicals/combining antidepressants
  • Side effects and risk factors
  • Herbals and depression
  • Treatment-resistant depression
  • Improving compliance with antidepressants
  • What you and your clients should know

Bipolar Disorder

  • Medicating Bipolar disorder
  • Lithium as the “gold standard”
  • Side effects of Lithium
  • Anticonvulsant and antispsychotic use in Bipolar disorder
  • Anticonvulsant side effects
  • Risks of medication non-compliance

The Many Manifestations of Anxiety

  • Panic disorder
  • Medicating anxiety
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Non benzodiazepines
  • Medications used to treat insomnia
  • Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, Rozerem, Intermezzo
  • Using anxiolytics safely
  • Side effects of the anxiolytics

Schizophrenia

  • Symptom domains of schizophrenia
  • How antipsychotics work
  • Conventional antipsychotics
  • Second generation agents
  • Antipsychotic side effects
  • Relapse and non compliance

Special Populations: Children, Adolescent, Elderly

  • Using medications for children to treat diagnoses usually found in children
  • Medicating pediatric depression
  • Antidepressants and suicide in children:
  • The real truth
  • Pediatric Bipolar disorder
  • Medicating anxiety in children
  • ADHD and its expanding etiology
  • The evolution of psychostimulants
  • Antidepressant, non-stimulates use in ADHD
  • Alzheimer’s medications

DSM-5® and Psychotropic Med Use

What’s Next: Breakthrough Antipsychotics and Antidepressants

Collaborating with Clients, Families, and Prescribers: Techniques that Work!

OBJECTIVES

  • Discuss the clinical uses of the five major psychotropic medication classes—the antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anti-anxiety agents, antipsychotics and psychostimulants— how they work, and their common side effects.
  • Describe the benefits, risks, safety factors and controversies associated with psychotropic medication use in children and adolescents.
  • Address the wide array of mental health disorders for which medications are frequently prescribed.
  • Examine what’s coming next as well as emerging and innovative trends in psychopharmacology.
  • Implement effective methods for collaborating with clients, families and prescribers.
  • Recognize the ethical and legal issues in discussing medications with clients.

 


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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

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Counselors - South Carolina Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists

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Social Workers - Illinois Social Workers

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Social Workers - Kansas Social Workers

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Social Workers - Minnesota Social Workers

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Social Workers - New York Social Workers

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Psychologists - Canadian Psychologists

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Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

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Addiction Counselors - NAADAC

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California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CCAPP-EI)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CCAPP-EI, Provider #: OS-03-036-1025. This activity meets the qualifications for 6.0 CEH's (continuing education hours).


Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 6.25 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


California Nurses

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

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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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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 7.6 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.


Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


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Speaker

Tom Smith, P.D., FASCP, LMHC, NCP, BCCP Related seminars and products


Tom Smith, P.D., FASCP, LMHC, NCP, BCCP, is a Doctor of Pharmacy, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, a Nationally Certified Psychologist, and a Board Certified Clinical Counselor.  He holds academic appointments at Butler School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the Saint Louis University School of Graduate Nursing, and the University of Phoenix. Tom is a Fellow of the American Society of Consulting Pharmacists.
Tom has spoken on Bipolar Disorder, the DSM-5®, and psychopharmacology throughout the United States, He is the author of Psychopharmacology Made Simple: A Primer, and he is internationally published on the topic of Aromatherapy.

Tom maintains an active private practice in Martinsville, Indiana, where he works with clients of all ages. 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Tom Smith maintains a private practice.  He will address ‘off-label’ uses of commercial products. Mr. Smith is a speaker who receives an honorarium for PESI, Inc. 

Non-Financial: Tom Smith is nationally published on the Americans with Disabilities Act and receives no compensation.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

  1. Articulate the clinical uses of the five major psychotropic medication classes - antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anti-anxiety agents, antipsychotics and psychostimulants - including their efficacy and their common side effects.
  2. Communicate the potential benefits and risks of using psychotropic medication to treat a wide array of conditions.
  3. Explore psychotropic medication treatment options for clients with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
  4. Analyze the actions, therapeutic uses, and side effects of antidepressants in adults and children.
  5. Implement effective methods for collaborating with clients, families and prescribers in order to build a comprehensive treatment plan.
  6. Explore specific ethical issues and their resolve to the everyday practice of clinical psychopharmacology.

Outline

Biological Psychiatry

  • Neurotransmitters: The theoretical emotional signaling chemicals of the brain
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks

DSM-5® and Psychotropic Med Use Depression

  • Antidepressants: How they are thought to work
  • Cyclics
  • SSRIs
  • SNRIs
  • Other common antidepressants – and why they are used
  • Side effects and risk factors
  • Herbals and depression
  • Treatment-resistant depression

Improving Patient Compliance with Mental Health Medications

  • Limitations of the research and potential risks
  • What you and your clients should know

Bipolar Spectrum

  • Medicating Bipolar disorder
  • Current “gold standard” treatment and side effects
  • Anticonvulsant and antipsychotic use in Bipolar disorder
  • Anticonvulsant side effects
  • Risks of medication non-compliance
  • New! Controversial concepts in treating Bipolar spectrum

The Many Manifestations of Anxiety

  • Medicating anxiety
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Non-benzodiazepines
  • Medications used to treat insomnia
  • Using anxiolytics safely
  • Side effects of the anxiolytics

Schizophrenia

  • How antipsychotic medications are thought to work
  • Conventional antipsychotics
  • Second generation agents
  • Antipsychotic side effects
  • Relapse and non-compliance

Controversy Surrounding Antidepressants in Treating Children and Adolescents

  • Antidepressants and suicide in children: The real truth
  • Medicating anxiety in children
  • Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder – the new pediatric bipolar disorder?

ADHD Medications – What’s New, What’s Old. Stimulants, Non-Stimulants, and some surprises!

  • The evolution of psychostimulants

Alzheimer’s Medications, Treatments, Theory and Controversy

What’s Next: Newly Approved Mental Health Medications

Reviews

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Overall:      4.9

Total Reviews: 32

Comments

Karen B

"Good Seminar!"

diane d

"tom is great ! very knowledgeable ."

Kathy C

"Many references as well----highly appreciated. Very knowledgeable presenter. He could slow down his delivery -----he speaks rapidly. Very approachable with participants!"

Jennifer B

"This presenter is fantastic. I love the way he teaches and how the course comes full-circle at the end. "

Kelly C

"Excellent presenter."

Amanda V

"Thank you very much! This seminar was incredibly informative and the presenter was so interested and passionate, it made it easy to remain engaged. "

Ginger R

"excellent"

Anne H

"this was amazing. I so appreciate your expertise and presentation style! Fabulous!!!!"

Trish M

"Great presenter. so much great info in short period of time."

Joseph S

"Tom is an amazing presenter and I learned a lot of information I hadn't previously known"

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