Alan S. Bloom – Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals
Alan S. Bloom – Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals
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Description
- Faculty:
- Alan S. Bloom
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 7 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Feb 06, 2019
Description
| Manual – Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals (4.48 MB) | 65 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
There are psychological foundations. There are core pharmacological principles.
- Brain structures & circuits involved in:
- Emotional regulation
- Executive function & inhibitory control
- Reward & pleasure
- Learning & memory
- Receptors and neurotransmitters important in the actions of psychopharmacological agents
- Biogenic amines
- Excitatory & inhibitory neurotransmitters
- Endorphins & endocannabinoids
Your role in psychological and pharmacological treatments.
- Collaboration & communication with prescribing professionals
- Managing the combined treatments
- Referrals for medication
- Client psycho-education
- Monitoring drug effects & side effects
- Promoting adherence to combined treatments
Drugs are used in the treatment of mental disorders.
Depressive Disorders.
- Neurobiology of depression
- Drugs used to treat depressive disorders
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
- Effects, side effects and cautions
- Suicide risk & discontinuation syndrome
- Serotonin syndrome
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
- Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs)
- Effects, side effects, and cautions
- Atypical antidepressant agents
- Effects, side effects, and cautions
- Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
- Effects, side effects, and cautions
- Why were newer drugs needed?
- MAO inhibitors
- Effects, side effects, and cautions
- Choosing an antidepressant
- What if first-line antidepressants do not work?
- Augmentation with antipsychotics
- What about herbs like St. John’s Wort?
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders are related.
- Biological theories of schizophrenia
- ”Typical” & “atypical” antipsychotic drugs
- Effects, side effects & cautions – similarities & differences
- Latest evidence-based comparisons
- Drugs for treatment-resistant schizophrenia
- Other uses of antipsychotic drugs
There are disorders of the brain.
- Biological theories for bipolar disorders
- Drugs used to treat bipolar disorders
- A prototype agent-lithium
- Effects, side effects & cautions
- Anticonvulsants
- Effects, side effects & cautions
- Antipsychotics – approved agents
- Combination drug therapy
- A prototype agent-lithium
Disorders of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and sleep-Wake Disorders.
- The neurobiology of anxiety-related disorders
- The structure of sleep
- Drugs used in the treatment of anxiety & insomnia
- Benzodiazepines & Benzodiazepine-like drugs
- Misuse of these drugs in treatment
- SSRI’s & other drugs used to treat anxiety
There are attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders.
- ADHD
- Psycho-stimulants
- Effects, side effects & cautions
- Alpha-Adrenergic Agonists
- Psycho-stimulants
- Major neurocognitive disorders
- Drugs used in the treatment of cognitive impairment
- Future treatments
There is prescription drug abuse.
- Mental disorders & risk of comorbid prescription drug abuse
- Classes of drugs that are frequently abused
- Stimulants
- Sedative-hypnotics
- Opiates
- Strategies for the prevention & early identification of prescription drug abuse
There are limits of research and potential risks.
Faculty
Alan S. Bloom, Ph.D. Related seminars and products: 1
Alan Bloom is a doctor. He is a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He consults with psychiatrists and attorneys in drug abuse cases and earned a joint PhD in psychology and pharmacology. The impact of drugs of abuse on the brain has been studied through the use of fMRI. His studies have been funded by the National Institute of Health and other national organizations. Dr. Bloom is a member of the Controlled Substance Board of the State of Wisconsin and served on the NIDA center grant review panel. He is a strong and experienced speaker.
Speaker disclosures.
Alan Bloom is a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is paid by PESI, Inc.
Alan is the vice-chair of the State of Wisconsin Controlled Substances Board.
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