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Objectives:
- Review opiates as a depressant and analgesic
- Explore various types of opiates, methods of administration
- Review the short and long term effects of opiates
- Identify symptoms of opiate withdrawal and intoxication
- Discuss factors that make it so easy to overdose on opiates
- Review the use of Naloxone
- Review the different types of benzodiazepines and their half life
- Identify symptoms of benzodiazepine intoxication and withdrawal (including protracted withdrawal)
- Review the short and long term effects of benzodiazapine use
Objectives:
- Define the
PACER model
- Explore how
PACER dimensions interact
- Examine the transdiagnostic assessment process
Objectives:
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Learn about the functions of oxytocin
- Identify how oxytocin may impact mood, cognition, behavior (including addiction) and social functioning
- Explore current research involving the use of intranasal oxytocin for treatment
Objectives
- Explain why pain management matters.
- Name various treatment team members.
- List drug and non-drug treatment options.
- Learn the three classes of analgesics.
- Name goals of pain therapy.
- Develop skills for communicating with a medical practitioner about pain.
- Describe pain using numerical, verbal and visual scales.
- Discuss concerns for use of opioid medication for pain treatment.
- Discuss and describe the "Opioid Contract".
- List the five classes of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
- Identify prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the U.S.
- Compare and contrast Injection and Infusion therapies.
- Identify benefits and drawbacks of various treatments.
- Learn four stress management techniques.
- Classify methods of pain management that can be completed by the client on their own.
- Learn about promising new treatment options.
Objectives
- Identify the eight steps of psychiatric management for persons with panic disorder
- Explain how to select the most appropriate treatment settings
- Summarize the psychopharmacological recommendations for treating panic disorder
- Summarize the length of treatment and the tapering process
- Identify the types of psychoeducation we should be provided to patients with panic disorder
- Identify five ways to increase treatment compliance
- Summarize psychosocial interventions for panic disorder
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different treatment modalities
Objectives:
- Identify the symptoms of panic
- Examine the function of panic
- Explore ways panic can become dysfunctional
- Identify the impact of panic on the person and recovery
- Identify interventions that are commonly used to address panic and prevent relapse
- Help for family members or significant others in dealing with a person with this issue
Objectives:
Prematurity
- Explore the causes and consequences of prematurity on the entire family
- Review medical issues for preemies that the family may have to cope with
- Discuss life in the NICU
- Explore the range of feelings in NICU families
- Identify strategies to help bond with baby
- Explore parenting under the microscope (in the NICU)
- Identify methods for easing discharge anxieties
Postpartum Depression
- Learn about maternal depression and child development
- Review postpartum depression effects on early interactions
- Review postpartum psychosis literature
- Identify treatment approaches for postnatal depression
- Review the scary thoughts handout
- Review the mental health disorders guideline for postpartum depression
- Review the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale
- Explore antidepressant medication use during breastfeeding
- Learn about prescribing guidelines pregnant patients using opiates
- Review interventions for postpartum depression
- Learn about community based treatments for postpartum depression
Objectives:
- Define “person centered theory”
- Explore how the PCT can help us understand differences in individuals responses to situations
- Explore how PCT can be useful in developing effective treatment plans/interventions
Objectives:
- Identify the following for each class of drugs: Stimulants, Depressants and Hallucinogens
- Common types of drugs in this category
- Short and long term biological, and psychological effects on the person
- Proposed Medication Assisted Treatments (if any)
Objectives
- Identify the primary medications used to manage substance withdrawal and describe when they should be used
- Identify the drugs currently FDA-approved for the treatment of substance use disorders
- Identify a patient's stage of disease and whether and when to use pharmacotherapy including key indications and contraindications.
- To identify and define the purpose of 9 types of psychotropic drug classes.
- To name common side effects and risks of these classes of drugs.
- To list the five strategies for aiding tobacco users willing to quit (Five A's) and unwilling to quit (5 Rs).
- To identify and describe life-threatening syndromes that can develop as a result of taking psychopharmacological medication.
- To educate the counselor in ways to encourage medication compliance in client sessions.
- Discuss the different self-help group options
- Evaluate the pros and cons of each type of self-help group