Topics in Mental Health for Primary Care Providers 2016

  • 30 Sep - 08 Oct, 2016
  • Royal Caribbean`s Explorer of the Seas - Cruise from Seattle, WA, United States

Description

Topics in Mental Health for Primary Care Providers 2016 is a Pacific Coastal Cruise Conference Round-trip Seattle, Washington.

Topics in Mental Health for Primary Care Providers 2016 covers topics such as:

  • Consequences and prevention of Substance Abuse and Addiction
  • Overview of substance use disorders (addiction) and diversion: epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis and pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties of commonly used substances
  • Pharmacotherapy for Substance use Disorders - Ethanol, Nicotine, and Opioids
  • Psychosocial treatment for substance use disorders; Readiness for substance use treatment; Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and the long-term effects of pre-natal alcohol exposure
  • Managing patients with dual diagnosis (patients with mental health issues and substance use disorders)
  • Clinical presentation, diagnosis, assessment and psychosocial treatment of major depressive disorder
  • Clinical presentation, diagnosis, assessment and psychosocial treatment of anxiety disorders
  • Pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder
  • Pharmacotherapy for anxiety disorders
  • Better strategies for identification and management of Dual diagnosis (patients with mental health issues and SUDs)
  • Substance Use Disorder – a review of up-to date, standardized and precise measuring tools for identifying SUD and the patient’s readiness for treatment
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and the long-term effects of pre-natal alcohol exposure

Topics in Mental Health for Primary Care Providers 2016 brings together:

  • Nurses
  • Primary Care Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Psychologists
  • Physician Assistants

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Event Categories

Health & Medicine: Emergency medicine, Family medicine, Mental Health, Nursing, Psychiatry, psychology

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