Adult Psychopharmacology Course

Name: Adult Psychopharmacology Course
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Common Mental Health Disorders

Created byLeslie Acosta

Last updated 9/2018

English

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What you'll learn

Students will be able to understand common mental health disorders and their treatment

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 31m total length

Course Objectives5:44
Explore adult psychopharmacology for dementia, anxiety, depression, and delirium, covering pharmacological and non pharmacological interventions and course objectives: identify symptoms, pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, screening tools, medications, and dosing.
Delirium6:15
Identify delirium as an often reversible acute mental status change with abrupt confusion, fluctuating attention, and sleep-wake disruption. Explain its diagnostic criteria, common causes, and brief short-term antipsychotic management.
Dementia7:33
Explore dementia as a syndrome of cognitive and behavioral changes; acknowledge no single diagnostic test, and review sundowning symptoms and pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management.
Anxiety5:01
Explore anxiety prevalence in adults, common disorders, neurochemistry with serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, and GABA, and diagnostic tests plus nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options.
Depression6:28
Examine adult depression prevalence, subtypes, and core symptoms, with emphasis on neurotransmitters serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Review diagnostic criteria, screening tools, related medical conditions, and monotherapy dosing before polypharmacy.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of pharmacology

Description

This course is designed for medical professions such as Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Doctors, and Physician Assistants but can be used by person who wants to gain knowledge of this topic. The purpose of this course is to provide education on the most common mental health disorders such as dementia, anxiety, and depression and their respective pharmacological and non pharmacological interventions for treatment. The most common mental health disorders are also commonly seen in nursing and medical practice and therefore all practitioners should have some understanding of such disorders. This course provides basic knowledge as well as detailed summaries of dosages of treatment medications for the disorders making it versatile and easy to use for students of all levels. Prevalence statistics and an overviews of the mental health conditions are also discussed in this course. There are also practice notes to help guide the learner to best practices.

Who this course is for:

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Doctors, Physician Assistants