Psychopharmacology Update For Experienced Therapists
P0808
6.00 CE Hours Available
This seminar addresses: suicidality with antidepressants, childhood-onset bipolar disorder, new bipolar medications, empirically-derived treatment guidelines for ADHD, experimental treatments for PTSD, and new studies on over-thecounter products.
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All orders include the entire presentation with handouts and a CE test.
Streaming videos and audio downloads will be available immediately after checkout
Mailed CD and DVD formats include the printed handouts and CE test in an attractive portfolio
Objectives
Participants will learn
- Better diagnostic skills
- New approaches to specific medication treatments
- Limitations of pharmacologic treatments
- Integrated approaches (combined use of medications and psychotherapy)
- The use of over-the-counter products and their limitations
Topics
Basic consideration
- Limitations of pharmacologic treatment
- Legal and ethical considerations
- Factors that interfere with pharmacologic treatment outcomes
- Treatment guidelines: evidence-based medicine
Major Depression
- New treatment guidelines
- Strategies for treatment-resistant cases
- Controversies: e.g. increased suicidality in adolescents treated with antidepressants; overthe-counter products; experimental treatments
- Combining drug treatments and psychotherapy
Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
- Changes in diagnostic criteria
- Treatment guidelines
- Guidelines for children
- Specific psychotherapy treatment approaches
Controversies
- PTSD - experimental treatments
- Autism spectrum disorders - experimental treatments
- Over-the-counter products for mood disorders
- Other experimental treatments