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Psychopharmacology of Trauma for Mental Health & Healthcare Professionals

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You’ve seen clients and patients come in with a laundry list of medications and multiple diagnoses – PTSD, depression, anxiety and more.

Whether you’re a therapist, social worker, nurse or other healthcare practitioner knowing the in-and-outs of how trauma and comorbid mental health problems effect the brain and are impacted by medication is essential to your work.

In simple, easy-to-understand modules you’ll walk away with:

  • In-depth knowledge to enhance communication with treatment teams
  • Essentials of trauma’s impact on the brain and what it means for your work
  • Mastery of how medications interact with neurotransmitters to better understand medication function
  • Expertise on commonly prescribed medications, including side effects, benefits, side-by-side comparison of medications - including when and why they’re prescribed
  • Conjunctive strategies, lifestyle interventions & more!

Give your clients and patients the highest standard of care – learn the psychopharmacology of one of the most challenging and common clinical presentations, trauma and its comorbidities.

Here's What You'll Learn

Trauma Epidemiology 
  • Thinking outside the box
  • The 4 steps of HELP 
  • Types of trauma
    • ACES
  • Manifestations of trauma
  • Symptoms, maladaptive coping
  • Adaptation responses & influencing factors
  • Pathology v learned resilience
  • Co-occurring disorders
  • Trauma & PDs
Laying the Foundation for Medication: Trauma and the brain 
  • Neurobiology of trauma
    • Stress and the developing brain
    • Personal narrative
    • Science of perception
    • Diagnostic Criteria for PTSD
  • Affected pathways/Brain regions affected by stress & trauma
    • Mechanisms 
    • Neurotransmitters and neurotransmission as it relates to medications used in trauma & comorbid conditions 
    • Serotonin, NE, DA, GABA, etc.
    • Easy-to-follow charts of pathways
    • Agonist spectrum
Psychopharmacology: Adverse effects, how they vary & knowing when a client is appropriate for referral:
  • Antidepressants – SSRIs & more
  • Anxiety medications
  • Anxiolytics 
  • Mood stabilizers 
  • Antipsychotics 
  • Frequent manifestations of trauma and pharmacological treatments. 
  • Sleep & nightmare medications 
Conjunctive Therapies
  • Self-care
  • Care Teams & coordination
  • Non-pharmacological therapies, modalities & more

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 4 hours of video content
  • Up to 4.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Stephanie L. Shafer, DHSc, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC

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Stephanie Shafer, DHSc, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, founded Neurobehavioral Health and Wellness, a private mental health practice in Okemos, Michigan, recognized as the "Best Mental Health Clinic" several years in a row. The practice serves adults, adolescents, and children with psychiatric disorders, including ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and personality disorders.

 

Central to her success is a structured model of care built around thorough clinical and background histories, careful identification of psychosocial stressors, and a mechanism-based approach to treatment - a framework that has proven essential to the effective delivery of psychiatric medications within her practice.

 

Clinically, Dr. Shafer's background spans emergency medicine, primary care, and psychiatry, across settings ranging from a large urban hospital to community-based practices, clinics, and private practice. A transition from primary care to psychiatry followed naturally, driven by a commitment to serving a growing population of underserved patients with psychiatric disorders. The past decade has been devoted to refining her skills in outpatient psychiatry.

 

She has completed graduate studies at UCLA, followed by a specialized post-master's degree in psychiatric mental health from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Dual certification as a nurse practitioner and an NEI Master Psychopharmacology certification round out her clinical accomplishments. In demand as a speaker, she regularly shares her expertise with multidisciplinary healthcare audiences nationwide, including resident physicians at Michigan State University.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Stephanie Shafer maintains a private practice and receives a speaking honorarium from Collegium pharmaceuticals. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Stephanie Shafer is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS059017
Duration:
4 hours, 8 minutes
Copyright:
May 25, 2022
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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