Course Code: REL-BHC-0-PBBHP
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Recall the uses and major side effects of antipsychotic, mood stabilizer, antidepressant, and antianxiety medications.
Identify special concerns related to the use of psychiatric medications in older adults and during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Indicate ways that behavioral health professionals can enhance medication adherence through shared decision making, client empowerment, enhanced self-efficacy, and improved health literacy.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: General Principles of Psychiatric Medication Use
Why Do I Need to Know About Medications?
Psychiatric Medication Basics
Factors Affecting Medication Effects
Review
Summary
Section 3: Antipsychotic and Mood Stabilizer Medications
Antipsychotic Medications
Mood Stabilizer Medications
Review
Summary
Section 4: Antidepressant and Antianxiety Medications
Antidepressants
SSRIs and SNRIs
Less Commonly Prescribed Antidepressants
Antianxiety Medications
Review
Summary
Section 5: Special Concerns and Treatment Adherence Strategies Related to Psychiatric Medications
Issues Affecting Older Adults
Medications During Pregnancy and Postpartum Period
Strategies to Enhance Medication Adherence
Additional Ways to Empower Your Clients
Review
Summary
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Writer: Jacob Helton, Psy.D.
Jacob Helton, Psy.D., received his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Marywood University in Pennsylvania. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at Chehalem Youth and Family Services in Newberg, Oregon, which included extensive training with at-risk youth and their families. He is licensed as a psychologist in Oregon and most recently worked in an integrated family medicine and internal medicine group for a large healthcare organization. Dr. Helton has worked in hospital, school, residential, and community mental health settings. He has provided treatment to clients across the lifespan and diagnostic spectrum, with an emphasis on the treatment of anxiety disorders, co-occurring medical and mental health disorders, ADHD, insomnia, severe and persistent mental illness, and the aging. He has experience as a technical writer and has provided numerous trainings to mental health professionals, physicians, allied professionals, and direct care staff.
Subject Matter Expert: John Cahill, MD, PhD
Dr. Cahill has experience in community psychiatry across both the UK and US healthcare systems. He specializes in building Learning Health Systems for early intervention and 'safety net' behavioral health services - towards better-value, person-centered, integrated care for individuals with severe mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. After completing medical school in the UK, Dr. Cahill undertook both psychiatry residency and advanced clinical research fellowships at Yale, with a focus on knowledge translation, from the community to the lab, and vice versa, particularly in the study and management of psychotic disorders and their complex interaction with cannabinoids. He is board-certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. His work is founded on respect for the patient and caregiver experience, addressing the whole person, judicious prescribing practices and embracing a complex adaptive system perspective. His research interests involve using unifying principles and translational approaches to develop novel biomarkers, treatments, technologies, clinical guidelines and resident curricula for the care of psychotic disorders. He is faculty of both Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Nursing.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Beginner level Social Workers; Behavioral Health Counselors; Marriage and Family Therapists; Nursing Personnel; Pharmacists; Pharmacy Technicians; Psychologists; Substance Use and Behavioral Disorder Counselors; in the following settings: Behavioral Health: Community Services.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.