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MFT / LCSW

Psychotherapeutic Medications

6.00 - CE credit hours training

$37.50 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

Psychotherapeutic Medications

Follow the link below, read the material and then take the 20 question post test

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Psychotherapeutic Medications

20 Questions

1. Novel or atypical antipsychotics are different from traditional antipsychotics. These medications are effective in treatment-resistant schizophrenia but may also be used with severe depression or other psychiatric illness.
2. Because the atypical antipsychotics work in a slightly different way than traditional antipsychotics, they are more likely to produce serious side effects, such as tardive dyskinesia or neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
3. Olanzapine may cause involuntary movements, tremors, muscular rigidity, and immobility without paralysis and at higher doses is moderately sedative. Risperidone is highly sedative and has more tendencies to cause weight gain and other metabolic changes.
4. Quetiapine is antipsychotic only in higher doses, but is most used for nonpsychotic conditions such as bipolar disorder, depression, and PTSD conditions. It is very sedative and calming at moderate to high doses.
5. Paliperidone metal tablets provide 48 hours of medication for the patient.
6. Paliperidone long acting injections are also available for patients that are stable on paliperidone. This long acting injection provides an entire month's worth of medication in a single shot and can be useful for patients that don't always remember to take their medications.
7. Generally, use of antipsychotic medications should be avoided in the first trimester unless the mother poses a danger to herself, to others, or to the unborn child, or if the mother shows signs of profound psychosis.
8. The risk of birth defects associated with benztropine, trihexyphenidyl, and diphenhydramine is not clear, although there is some evidence to suggest that amantadine may produce a deformed baby. For all women of childbearing age who may be or think they may be pregnant, the physician should discuss the safety of this medication before starting, continuing, or discontinuing medication treatment.
9. Antimanic medications are used to control the mood swings of bipolar (manic- depressive) illness. Bipolar illness is characterized by cycling mood changes from severe highs (mania) to severe lows (depression). Positive treatment responses to antimanic medications include less hyperactivity, pressured speech and/or illogical thought.
10. Generally, the use of antipsychotic medications should be avoided in the first trimester unless the mother poses a danger to herself, to others, or to the unborn child, or if the mother shows signs of profound psychosis. Tapering and discontinuation of antipsychotic medication 10 days to 2 weeks before delivery is generally advised, though the way this is done varies by medication.
11. Antipsychotics (neuroleptics) are most frequently used for persons who experience psychotic symptoms as a result of having some form of
12. Risperdal, Saphris, Fanapt, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Geodon are:
13. Ziprasidone has been linked to:
14. Asenapine is:
15. Symptoms of diabetes mellitus (associated with obesity) include:
16. Choose the correct sentence(s)
17. SSRIs are the most frequently prescribed class of antidepressants because of
18. Antidepressants are also the first line medications for certain
19. MAOs are used for:
20. Antianxiety medications are used to help calm and relax the anxious person as well as remove troubling symptoms associated with:

Psychotherapeutic Medications what Every Counselor Should Know

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Training Material

http://www.nattc.org/userfiles/file/MidAmerica/Psychmeds%202011_FINAL%20as%20of%203-1-11.pdf

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Course Description:

This publication is designed as a quick "desk reference" for substance abuse and mental health treatment providers. It is not intended to be used as a complete reference for psycho-therapeutic medications.

This guide details information about the purpose, usual doses and frequency of use, potential side effects, emergency conditions, and cautions for each medication grouping. Substance use disorders and the medications for proper treatment are also discussed.

Psychotherapeutic Medications what Every Counselor Should Know

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Training Material

http://www.nattc.org/userfiles/file/MidAmerica/Psychmeds%202011_FINAL%20as%20of%203-1-11.pdf

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Learning Objectives

After completing this training the health care professional will:

  • Identify medications and the disorders they are used to treat.
  • Discuss tips for communicating with physicians about clients and medication.
  • Support clients with mental illness in continuing to take their psychi-atric medications can significantly improve substance abuse treatment outcomes.
  • Discuss short- and long-term impact to person and family
  • Discuss physical changes (some immediate) as a result of quitting and highlight those most relevant
Ignacio Alejandro Barajas Munoz, MS, MA
Mid-America ATTC Project Manager

Steven C. Stoner, PharmD, BCPP
University of Missouri- Kansas City

Marcia J. Walmer, RN, AP/MHNP-BC, LCSW, ACSW
Clinical Faculty
University of Missouri- Kansas City