Straight Talk on Mental Health Medications & Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Straight Talk on Mental Health Medications & Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology is organized by J&K Seminars and will be held from Jul 14 - 15, 2022 at Wyndham Lancaster Resort and Convention Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Seminar Description:
Day One : Psychopharmacology: Straight Talk on Mental Health Medications: 
Medication management is playing an increasingly pivotal role in the treatment of mental health disorders. As such, it’s essential for healthcare professionals, particularly those providing mental health services, to have a working knowledge of psychotropic medications. This seminar examines the mental disorders frequently encountered in clinical practice, accompanied by a discussion of the medication management and evidence-based behavioral approaches employed in treatment.

Day Two : Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology:
Age is not a factor when it comes to the emergence of mental disorders and the psychiatric and psychological clinical communities of the world agree on this. However, as little 20 years ago, gaining a consensus on specific disorders or types of disorders diagnosable in youth would have been met with considerable resistance and skepticism. Much has changed since the mid-1990s however, in that mental disorders are now routinely diagnosed in young people.  This seminar examines the mental disorders most often diagnosed in children and adolescents today – depression; anxiety; bipolar, ADHD; and disruptive behaviors. This seminar will also address what to look for when assessing for these mental syndromes, how to proceed toward getting youth proper help – in conjunction with primary caretakers.
 

Objectives:
Day One : Psychopharmacology: Straight Talk on Mental Health Medications:
Participants will be able to: 
• Outline the mental syndromes for which psychiatric medications are often prescribed – Unipolar Depression; Bipolar; Anxiety spectrum; Psychotic spectrum; ADHD
• Describe the clinical indications for use of the major psychiatric medication categories – Antidepressants; Mood stabilizers; Anxiolytics; Antipsychotics; Psychostimulants
• Examine the therapeutic benefits, risk factors and common side effects of the various medication classes
• Discuss proven, relatable approaches for the behavioral management of the mental syndromes discussed
• Address the ongoing opioid crisis; opioid disorders and treatment  

Day Two : Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology:
Particpants will be able to:
• Discuss complementary and alternative medicines and their role in treating mental syndromes 
• Discuss the best practices in managing depression, bipolar, anxiety, and ADHD in children and adolescents
• Review and provide direction on case examples specific to the mental disorders routinely diagnosed in youth
• Examine the disruptive behavior disorder spectrum, and address best practice treatment strategies
• Explore the exploding rates of suicide occurrences in young people, the factors influencing this rise, and why suicide is the real pandemic in among youth
• Address the circumstances driving the rise in substance abuse among children and adolescents, substances most often abused, and contemporary treatment protocols