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Session 4: When Meds Don’t Work: A Troubleshooter’s Guide
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Explore an assessment procedure for determining the factors at work when medications don’t appear to be helping a client, including how to:

  • Conduct an extended interview that gets at the vital, actionable information
  • Distinguish various diagnostic dimensions crucial to prescribing the appropriate medications
  • Assess issues of compliance, duration of med usage, and dosage
  • Determine the role of family relationships and other psychological factors in lack of treatment progress
  • Avoid common mistakes like changing meds at random, blaming the patient, and continuing ineffective medications

OBJECTIVES

  1. Describe an assessment procedure for determining the factors at play when meds aren’t working.
  2. List three common reasons for why medications prove ineffective.
  3. Describe how to determine whether medication non-compliance is a factor in treatment failure.

OUTLINE

  • The First Session
  • The Client's Previous Diagnosis
  • Helping the Client Not Feel Overwhelmed
  • Medication and Arousal Levels
  • The Most Effective Way to Treat Mental Health Problems

Richard Simon, Ph.D.

Richard Simon, PhD, was a clinical psychologist and the late editor of Psychotherapy Networker, the most topical, timely, and widely read publication in the psychotherapy field. During his career, he received every major magazine industry honor, including the National Magazine Award.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Rich Simon is the President of Psychotherapy Networker, Inc. and the editor of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. He is a published author and receives royalties. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Rich Simon has no relevant non-financial relationships.
 

Steven Dubovsky, MD

Steven Dubovsky, M.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University at Buffalo, SUNY and Adjoint Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the University of Colorado.


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