Kenneth Carter – Psychopharmacology In Plain English

Clear, Concise, and Current Information on Psychotropic Medications

Does this sound familiar? Your clients are taking multiple psychotropic medications prescribed by different health care professionals. You watch as prescriptions stream in from psychiatrists, family physicians, nurse practitioners, and others, and you discover that your clients have no idea who wrote which prescription or why they are even taking the medication. You realize that despite the confusion, you still have a responsibility to know your clients’ symptoms and reactions to medications, and to coordinate their care.

In this recording, Dr. Kenneth Carter goes further in depth with practical and useful information that you need to advocate for your clients. You will get the latest information on antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, medications for insomnia, and others. You will dive deeper into the ethical decisions that accompany their use. After this of dynamic training, you will leave better prepared to communicate with your clients as well as the prescribers, as Dr. Carter instructs you on how the medications work, their benefits, and the side effects and dangerous reactions associated with them.

Analyze the historical antecedents of psychopharmacological products and their relation to today’s psychotropic medications.
Designate the mechanism of action of today’s psychotropic medications and how it relates to your clients.
Breakdown the process of medication selection and receptor activation/blocking for specific disorders.
Communicate the side effects including nutritional, cognitive, sexual, and behavioral associated with psychotropic medications.
Specify how medications are chosen for depressive disorders and specific patient characteristics.
Compile medication treatment options for your clients with ADHD.
Determine the unique medication considerations for geriatric clients.
Analyze future trends, including preventing side effects vs. managing side effects.
Establish ethical issues specifically relating to the limits of non-prescribers’’ discussion of medications as it relates to clinical psychopharmacology.
Explore specific ethical issues and their resolve to the everyday practice of clinical psychopharmacology.

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY ETHICS FOR NON-PRESCRIBERS