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Integrative Care: Mental Illness and Psychopharmacology

Integrative Care: Mental Illness and Psychopharmacology

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$140.00

Course Description

Integrative Care: Mental Illness and Psychopharmacology provides an integrative and culturally informed framework to understanding mental illness. A biological and epigenetic lens will be applied to examining mental illness. Psychiatric milieu therapy, psycho-dynamic and CBT approaches to treating mental health disorders, not limited to: anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression, bipolar and schizophrenia will be considered. Psychopharmacology and medication management and treatment will be reviewed. Practitioners will examine the impact of the environment and stigma on coping and adjusting to illness. Furthermore, consideration is given to how integrating nutrition, mindfulness and holistic interventions can support healthier life outcomes.

Course Title: Integrative Care: Mental Illness and Psychopharmacology

Instructor: Trélan Nicole Holder, MS, LCSW

Contact Hours/CEUs: 4-Hours

Format: Online Self-Study Course (Text-based Readings and Videos)

Process: Register and pay for course. Read content online. Pass online post-test and print certificate of completion. Registrants can access course for 2 years from date of registration.

Learning Objectives

Implement a client-centered and culturally informed approach to working with diverse populations.
Identify psychiatric features and symptoms across the spectrum of mental health disorders.
Review psychotropic medications prescribed for treating mood disorders
Consider the side effects, and therapeutic uses of antidepressant medications.
Evaluate the side effects, and therapeutic uses of antipsychotic medications.
Explore therapeutic approaches to improve treatment adherence: cultivating patient rapport and care coordination with prescribing practitioners.
Examine the unique medication treatment approaches for geriatric patients.
Consider integrative nutrition as a complementary regimen for treating mental illness.

Course Features

Lectures 58
Quizzes 6
Duration 50 hours
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 48
Certificate Yes
Assessments Yes

Curriculum

7 Sections
58 Lessons
10 Weeks

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Module 1: Course Overview and Pre-Test
Course Description, Learning Objectives, Pre-Test
3
Module 2 : Mental Health Framework
A Biological and Epigenetic Lens to Understanding Mental Illness
9
Module 3: Psychiatric Features and Symptoms of Depressive Disorders
Spectrum of Mental Health Disorders, Psychiatric Features and Symptoms
16
Module 4: Anxiety Disorders
Generalized Anxiety, Panic, Social and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Stress Management, Nutrition
9
Module 5: Psychiatric Features and Symptoms of Bipolar and Related Disorders
General Characteristics, Bipolar I and Bipolar II Distinctions, Genetics, Suicide and Prevention
15
Module 6: Psychiatric Features of Schizophrenia Spectrum and Psychotic Disorder
Schizophrenia, Psychotic Disorders, Psychopharmacology
6
Module 7: Resources, References, Course Survey & Post-Test
6

Trelan Holder

Renew Perspectives, LCSW, PC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0026. Additionally, New York State Education Department (NYSED) Social Work Board Approved Courses are recognized by Connecticut and New Jersey for Continuing Education.

In 2014, Trélan Holder founded Renew Perspectives. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), who is a skilled psychotherapist with extensive years of experience in mental health and human services. Trélan is a Senior Lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work and has taught at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. She attained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Clark University, her Master of Science Degree in Social Work from Columbia University, and a Certificate in Bioethics and Medical Humanities from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cardozo Law School. Additionally, her clinical pursuits include a postgraduate certificate in psychodynamic psychotherapy training from the NYU Institute for Psychoanalytic Education.