Psychopharmacology Conference – Susan Marie

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• Discover the most recent knowledge of how and why mental health drugs function.
  Improve your communication and collaboration with prescribing practitioners.
  Learn which drugs have been shown to be effective in treating different conditions.
  Improve your customers’ drug reactions and clinical results.
  Assist your customers in recognizing side effects and understanding their alternatives for dealing with these issues.
  Learn about recent prescription patterns, including DSM-5® modifications.
  Recognize current debates in the field.

  Spend twelve action-packed hours learning about the most recent developments in psychopharmacology and medication management trends. Susan Marie teaches psychopharmacology deliberately from her unique viewpoint as a doctored psychiatric nurse practitioner, with an emphasis on the client’s experience. Susan’s substantial 30 years of mental health knowledge and enthusiasm for clients come through in the complexity and completeness of her presentation.

  Clients sometimes have only a few minutes with their prescriber and seek further assistance. It’s critical that you can answer their queries, control side effects, and comprehend reactions. Susan gives the knowledge you need to support your clients as a counselor, nurse, psychotherapist, psychologist, and other mental health professionals.

  This conference provides opportunity to investigate underserved areas such as ADHD, sleep, food, and drug use issues. Take home specific instructions for geriatrics, pregnant or nursing women, and chronic pain clients. Discuss the influence of the DSM-5® on prescribing trends and the usage of psychotropics in newly specified disorders. You will analyze case examples, debate pharmaceutical disputes, and learn how to successfully interact with prescribing practitioners in addition to a comprehensive ‘nuts and bolts’ overview of medicines.

  Susan’s fascinating presentation offers a plethora of take-home “pearls” that you can use to teach your clients about their drugs and how to protect them from potentially harmful, hazardous, or undesirable consequences. This conference will provide you with the most up-to-date drug information as well as tips on how to utilize it most successfully with your client.

  Day 1:

  Describe how psychotropic drugs for mood disorders are chosen, as well as unique patient features.
  Analyze antidepressant activities, therapeutic applications, and side effects.
  Assist customers in overcoming obstacles that are impeding the effectiveness of their drug regimen.
  Determine therapy alternatives for clients who have treatment-resistant mental disorders.
  Explain the activities, side effects, and therapeutic applications of antipsychotic drugs.
  Examine three essential techniques for better collaboration with prescribing practitioners.

  Day 2:

  Investigate psychotropic drug therapy possibilities for individuals suffering from Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
  Discuss how to mix psychotherapy and psychopharmacology for good treatment outcomes. Articulate the usefulness of psychotropic drugs in treating eating disorders.
  Create pharmacological treatment alternatives for drug use disorders and talk about how to successfully include medication-assisted treatments into an overall care plan.
  Examine the relationship between women’s hormone levels and mental health issues.
  Investigate the use of complementary and alternative treatments for mental diseases.
  Determine the special pharmaceutical treatment needs of geriatric customers.
  Psychopharmacology
  Concepts of drug metabolism
  What we know and what we don’t know about drug modes of action
  Placebo effects: their strength and how to make them work for your client
  When to refer for medication- helpful hints for enhancing client interest and engagement
  Creating incredibly efficient partnerships with prescribers
  Disorders of Depression
  Depression’s neurochemistry
  Antidepressants and placebo: Who should be treated when?
  Antidepressant types: advantages and disadvantages of various drugs
  Managing Adverse Effects
  Treatment Drug combinations and resistant depression
  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders and Trauma-Related Disorders
  Anxiety neurochemistry
  Panic disorder, phobias, and SGAD
  OCD\sPTSD
  Interventions in physiology
  Medications for anxiety
  Antidepressants
  Many other options are frequently overlooked.
  The risks and benefits of benzodiazepines
  How to Spot Dangerous Prescription Patterns
  Key pearls for success in weaning off benzos
  Managing Adverse Effects
  Bipolar Illness
  Symptoms and neurochemistry
  The Bipolar Spectrum Theory and DSM-5® Changes
  Types of mood stabilizers, when to use them, and possible side effects
  Lithium\sAnticonvulsants
  Augmenting agents for atypical antipsychotics
  Effective strategies for improving client outcomes
  What the prescriber may not be looking at when it comes to blood levels
  Bipolar disorder in pregnant or potentially pregnant women
  Schizophrenia/Psychotic Disorders
  Psychosis and schizophrenia neurochemistry
  First-generation antipsychotic medications (typical)
  Generation two (atypical)
  Managing Adverse Effects
  TD and extrapyramidal symptoms
  What blood tests are required for metabolic problems and when are they required?
  Diabetes Mellitus Prevention
  What is hyperprolactinemia and why do you need to know?
  Atypical antipsychotics are used to treat a variety of disorders.
  Psychotic disorders and pregnancy
  Attention Deficits
  Diagnosis differentiation
  ADHD Neurochemistry
  Disagreement over the use of stimulants to treat ADHD
  ADHD and substance abuse
  Medication that is stimulating
  Alternatives to stimulants
  Managing Adverse Effects
  Sleep Disorders
  Sleep disorders
  Diagnosis differentiation
  Chicken or the egg? What came first, sleep problems or mental illness
  Controversy about treating sleep problems with hypnotics
  Sleep interventions that really work
  Hypnotic medications: risks and benefits
  Alternatives to hypnotics
  Recognizing adverse Effects

• Substance Use Disorders
  Neurochemistry of addiction & habit development
  Drugs of abuse and interaction with psychiatric medications
  Caffeine
  Nicotine
  Marijuana (discussion of medical marijuana, cost vs. benefit) (discussion of medical marijuana, cost vs. benefit)
  Others
  Challenging the old thinking about when to prescribe for clients with dual diagnosis-what we now know
  Medication assisted treatments for addictions
  Alcohol\sNicotine
  Cannabis\sOpiates
  Behavioral addictions- what we know works
  Eating Disorders
  Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder
  Weight gain from psychotropic medications
  Recognizing medical emergencies
  Standard of care for lab work
  Integrating psychotherapy with psychopharmacology
  Special Populations: Geriatric
  Specialized guidelines for geriatric clients
  Discussion of dementia treatment
  Antipsychotic controversy
  Special Populations: Women
  Hormonal issues in mood disorders & anxiety
  Pregnancy and breastfeeding-\sPresenting the choices
  Resources for you and your clients
  The dangerous, the concerning, and the possibly good options for psychopharmacology
  Menopause- current knowledge and agents
  Treating Clients with Comorbid Chronic Pain
  Neurochemistry implications- why it’s critical to intervene
  When psychopharmacology can help
  Other alternative interventions
  Limitations of The Research & Potential Risks

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