Psychopharmacology, Recovery and Ethics
$70 | 3 CEUs / 3 Ethics credits | Virtual
$70 | 3 CEUs / 3 Ethics credits | Virtual
This course focuses on ways behavioral health staff can help people in recovery become active partners in their treatment and work in a collaborative fashion with the prescribing clinician.
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Delivery: Synchronous Virtual Classroom via Zoom
Psychopharmacology, for some individuals, can be a powerful tool within the context of personal recovery. However, all too often the person taking the medications is in, for whatever reason, a passive role regarding these medications. This workshop is designed to look at the practice of psychopharmacology and how it can be seen as a wellness tool e.g. how a person in recovery can “get off the bench and can get in the game” regarding his/her treatment with psychotropic medications.
This course focuses on ways behavioral health staff can help people in recovery become active partners in their treatment, work through issues on medication adherence, provide psychoeducation about medication and work in a collaborative fashion with the prescribing clinician. Throughout the course emphasis will be placed on best practice as well as on ethical practices.
This is the 3rd class I've taken with Dr. Strickland and all been uniformly excellent. His command of the material is superb and his flexible approach very effective.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session participants will be able to: 1) List three methods by which people in recovery can become active partners in their own treatment with psychotropic medication; 2) Specify five reasons why someone in recovery would choose not to take psychotropic medication; 3) Develop a plan by which people in recovery can communicate more effectively with the prescribing clinician; 4) List three reasons why the discussion of medication within the therapeutic setting is increasing; and 5) Summarize the ethics associated with the practice of polypharmacy.
This course is appropriate for all levels of practitioners.
Presenter: Dr. Craig Strickland graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a Doctorate in Psychology and a focus on experimental research and neuroscience. Past positions include a faculty position at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and affiliate faculty positions at Widener University and Springfield College. He currently has guest lecturer privileges at the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, the Rutgers School of Social Work and an affiliate professor position at Thomas Jefferson University, East Fall Campus in the Community and Trauma Counseling program. Dr. Strickland is the owner of Biobehavioral Education and Consultation, LLC.