Psychopharmacology Certificate Course

After a prolonged period of merciless isolation and distress that has resulted in significant surges of mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and psychological stress...

...clinicians everywhere are struggling to get their arms around what we can’t see.

You need to be ready now to:

• Make rapid clinical decisions when your patient’s behavioral issues disrupt medical care
• Recommend or write mental health prescriptions for your patient with the most recent evidence incorporated
• Provide advanced discharge recommendations for your patient’s holistic wellness and continuity of care

Register for this new psychopharmacology certificate course today to gain clear, concise and current strategies so you can confidently handle your patient’s combined medical and psychiatric needs... for any setting, department, or role you are in.

1. Discuss the proper role of mental health professionals who treat clients receiving both psychotherapeutic medications and psychotherapy.
2. Describe specific ethical issues and resolutions related to communicating with clients and prescribing professionals about psychotropic medications.
3. Explain the neurotransmitter systems and neuroanatomy underlying the biological basis for mental disorders and pharmacotherapy.
4. Identify the major classes of drugs used to treat mental disorders and which mental disorders are appropriately treated with each class of drugs.
5. Describe adverse effects and drug reactions of the commonly prescribed psychotropic medications and when to alert the prescriber about them.
6. Analyze the role that half-life plays in the efficacy of insomnia medications prescribed for clients and how it may affect behavioral interventions.