In Module 2, you’ll begin to look at when you should use certain medications and how these medications are thought to work. This will allow you to better explain to your clients why they should (or shouldn’t) be taking certain medications.
Tom Smith – Everything Psychopharmacology
The use of medications to improve mental health is not only controversial, it’s confusing. You need to keep up with the latest developments as a clinician and also be able to use that information effectively with your clients.
Even worse, psychopharmacology trainings tend to be complex and difficult to understand.
It’s time for a change…
Join expert Tom SmithP.D., FASCP. LMHC. NCP. BCCP. This unique online course will give you the best.-To-Keep up-to-date with psychotropic medication information using an engaging style that keeps your attention. Together, you’ll walk step-By-step through the latest medication trends for depression, bipolar, anxiety, schizophrenia, ADHD, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Three engaging modules will give you the strategies and tools you need.
- Improve clients’ understanding of their mental illness and how medication aids recovery
- Pick the appropriate medication for each condition and age group
- Client compliance to medication can be improved
- Help clients deal with unpleasant side effects
- You can do so much more!
Correctly using psychiatric medication is key to their effectiveness. Sign up Tom Smith, P.D.-By-step modules where you’ll discover how medications can help manage depression, bipolar, anxiety, schizophrenia, ADHD, and Alzheimer’s disease, You can also tell your clients what to expect from each medication, and how you can help them. increase your client’s compliance.
Start your journey to psychopharmacology by gaining a solid understanding of the science behind clinical issues that you encounter every day in your practice.
Module 1 reveals:
- What was psychopharmacology? “born”
- Psychopharmacology: What enzymes do and why it is important
- How the body produces serotonin
- Amphetamines: When and why?
- Dopamine’s importance and what symptoms occur when the levels are unstable
- How the body uses homeostatic mechanism to maintain neurotransmitters in equilibrium
- Theory of antagonism and agonism
- The DSM-5 and medication
In Module 2, you’ll begin to look at when you should use certain medications and how these medications are thought to work. This will help you explain to clients why they should take certain medications. You will find a printable tool in this module that you can use right away to help your clients comply with their medications.
Module 2 highlights
- What does it mean when a drug is “new on the market”
- Strategies to help your client avoid taking the wrong prescription
- What antidepressants work
- Why cyclics are used and possible side effects
In the final module, you’ll discover more about how certain medications are thought to work and how you can use them to achieve the best outcomes for your clients. You’ll then learn what’s new, old, what is coming to market, and why you need to keep these things in mind for your clients.
Module 3 will cover:
- Common side effects and how SSRIs can be tolerated
- The most common antidepressants and their uses
- Strategies for treating cancer “treatment resistant depression”
- Bipolar disorder is treated with antidepressant medications, antianxiety drugs, and antipsychotic medication.
- What you need to know regarding mood stabilizers
- ADHD medications — what’s new, old, stimulants vs non-Stimulants and many other substances
- Drug treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
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Tom SmithP.D., FASCP. LMHC. NCP. BCCP. He is a Doctor Of Pharmacy, a Licensed Psychologist, a Nationally Certified Psychologist, a Board Certified Clinical Coach, and a Doctor of Pharmacy. He is an academic member of the Saint Louis University School of Graduate Nursing and Butler School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Tom He is a Fellow of American Society of Consulting Pharmacists. Tom he has spoken about Bipolar Disorder and the DSM-5®, and psychopharmacology throughout the United States, He is the author of Psychopharmacology Made Simple: A Primer. He is an international author on the topic Aromatherapy.
Tom In Martinsville Indiana, he maintains a private practice where he assists clients of all ages.
Speaker Disclosures
Financial: Tom Smith He is a private practitioner. He will address. ‘off-label’ Uses of commercial products Mr. Smith PESI, Inc. honors a speaker.
Non-Financial: Tom Smith publication is made public on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Here’s what you’ll get in Tom Smith – Everything Psychopharmacology
Course Features
- Lectures 1
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 170
- Assessments Yes
