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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
Product Code:
LWC050515
Brochure Code:
PLW63859
Media Type:
Live Webcast - Also available: Digital Seminar | DVD

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Normal Price:      $249.99 - Now:  $49.99 - Exclusive offer when combined with this live training.

Description

Most Up-To-Date Psychotropic Medication Info

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.

  • 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

Credit


* Credit Note - *

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

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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.

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PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This activity will qualify for 7.5 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance


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Social Workers - Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors

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Social Workers - New York Social Workers

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Psychologists - Florida Psychologists

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Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

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Marriage & Family Therapists - New York Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. #MFT-0024. This activity will qualify for 7.5 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance


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California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CCAPP-EI)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CCAPP-EI, Provider #: 0S-03-036-1023. This activity meets the qualifications for 6.0 CEHs (continuing education hours).


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This program offers instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 6.3 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement. 


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PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.3 contact hours.


California Nurses

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Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # FBN2858. This course qualifies for 6.0 contact hours. 

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This intermediate activity is approved for 6.25 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.


California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

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Pharmacists

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Successful completion of this -based activity qualifies for 6.3 contact hours. PESI, Inc. is on probation as an accredited provider of continuing pharmacy education by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Next scheduled review: June 2021. ACPE Universal Program Number: . Full attendance is required. No partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance. Please note: Pharmacists are required to complete a program evaluation (and achieve a passing score of 80% or higher on a post-test for live programs delivered via webcast) if they would like their participation submitted to ACPE. A valid NABP e-Profile ID and Birthdate (MM/DD) will be required for reporting. Don’t have your e-Profile ID yet? Visit the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) website and complete your e-profile at https://nabp.pharmacy/ in order to obtain your NABP e-Profile ID.​


Other Professions

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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 Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. 


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.


Target Audience

Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Case Managers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Addiction Counselors, Pharmacists, Other Mental Health & HealthCare Professionals

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 antipsychotics 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, and some surprises!
  • The evolution of psychostimulants
Alzheimer’s medications, treatments, theory and controversy

What’s Next: Newly Approved Mental Health Medications
 

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.

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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