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Digital Seminar

3-Day Psychopharmacology Conference


Average Rating:
   17
Faculty:
Perry W. Buffington, PhD, MS
Duration:
17 Hours 01 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jul 17, 2017
Product Code:
POS052215
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Spend three action-packed days learning about the newest advances in psychopharmacology and contemporary trends in medication management. From his unique perspective, Dr. Perry Buffington teaches psychopharmacology thoughtfully, with an emphasis on the experience of the client. Dr. Buffington’s years of experience in mental health and passion for clients, shines through in the detail and thoroughness of his presentation.
Clients often only have a few minutes with their prescriber and require additional support. It’s vital that you are able to answer their questions, help manage side effects and understand reactions. Designed for counselors, nurses, psychotherapists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals, Dr. Buffington provides the information you need in order to best help your clients.
This conference allows time for exploration of underrepresented areas, including AD HD, nutrition, medical drug emergencies, and psychopharmacological ethics. Take home specialized guidelines for geriatrics, pregnant or nursing women, and clients with chronic pain. In addition to a general ‘nuts and bolts’ review of medications, you will examine case examples, discuss medication controversies and how to effectively collaborate with prescribing practitioners. You will find this conference to have the most up- to-date medication information and how to use it most effectively with your client.

Credit


**

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Ethics

This self-study activity includes 3.0 hours of General ethics instruction. Not all boards allow ethics credit for self-study products. If ethics is not specified within your licensing board’s approval statement below, please contact your board to determine the applicability and amount of ethics allowed.


Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 18.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


California Counselors

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Florida Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 18.25 continuing education credits.


Montana Counselors

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.25 clock hours of instruction.


New York Counselors

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This self-study activity will qualify for 22.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance


Ohio Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 18.25 clock hours of continuing education credit. 


Pennsylvania Counselors

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


South Carolina Counselors

This self-study program has been approved for 18.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Texas Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 18.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 681, Subchapter J, Section 681.142 Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 16.75 total credits including 13.75 Clinical and 3.0 Ethics continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


California Social Workers

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Colorado Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This self-study course has been approved for 18.4 continuing education hours. 

 

COLORADO PARTICIPANTS ONLY: If you did not answer YES to be reported to the Colorado Chapter of the NASW on the evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com and provide the full title of the webcast, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.


Florida Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 18.25 continuing education credits. 


Illinois Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 18.0 contact hours.


Kansas Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 18.0 continuing education hours.


Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 18.0 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


Montana Social Workers

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.25 clock hours of instruction.


New York Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 22.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 


Ohio Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 18.25 clock hours of continuing education credit. 


Pennsylvania Social Workers

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 18.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Florida Psychologists

PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology.Provider Number #50-399.This product qualifies for 18.4 self-study continuing education credits.


Illinois Psychologists

 

PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. License #: 268.000102. Full attendance at this self-study course qualifies for 18.0 contact hours.


Kentucky Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists, approved provider #202312H. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for 18.0 contact hours.


Ohio Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association, Provider #263896894, to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI is offering this self-study activity for 18.25 Standard hours of continuing education credit.


Pennsylvania Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. Provider #PSY000211. PESI maintains responsibility for the program(s). This self-study program qualifies for 18.25 continuing education hours.


Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 18.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


California Marriage & Family Therapists

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Florida Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 18.25 continuing education credits.


Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 18.0 credits.


Montana Marriage & Family Therapists

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.25 clock hours of instruction.


New York Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. #MFT-0024. This self-study activity will qualify for 22.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance


Ohio Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 18.25 clock hours of continuing education credit. 


Pennsylvania Marriage & Family Therapists

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study program has been approved for 18.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 18.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 801, Subchapter K, Section 801.264 Types of Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Addiction Counselors - NAADAC

NAADAC

This self-study course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 18.0 CE in the Legal, Ethical and Professional Development skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.


California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CCAPP-EI)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CCAPP-EI, Provider #: OS-03-036-1025. This activity meets the qualifications for 18.0 CEH's (continuing education hours).


California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CADTP, Provider #: 201. This Category H activity meets the qualifications for 18.0 CEU's (continuing education hours).


Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 18.25 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


California Licensed Educational Psychologists

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 18.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 18.0 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 18.0 self-study contact hours.

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Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 18.4 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists

This self-study program has been approved for 18.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 18.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Faculty

Perry W. Buffington, PhD, MS's Profile

Perry W. Buffington, PhD, MS Related seminars and products


Perry Buffington, Ph.D., M.S., has over 20 years of experience in the medical consulting field and is currently a full-time senior lecturer at the University of Georgia, teaching psychopharmacology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is former chairman of the prestigious Florida Psychological Association’s Prescriptive Authority Committee and teaches seminars nationwide on minimizing psychopharmacological errors. 

As the author of eight books (currently working on his first psychopharmacology text), his by-line has appeared in hundreds of periodicals including the Saturday Evening Post, USA Today, and Success. He is the former contributing editor for Delta Air Lines’ in-flight magazine, Sky, and served as a syndicated newspaper/web columnist for Universal Press. Additional, he hosted his own radio show, syndicated nationally, by Envison Radio Networks. 

Perry’s presentation style is engaging, a blend of education and entertainment; as a result, critics (and especially his students) applaud his ability to make complicated topics understandable and applicable – even useful!! 

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Perry Buffington has an employment relationship with the University of Georgia, and he is the owner of GoBuff Enterprises. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Dr. Buffington is a published author and receives royalties. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Perry Buffington is a member of the Florida Psychological Association.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Objectives

  1. Analyze the historical antecedents of psychopharmacological products and their relation to today’s psychotropic medications.
  2. Identify the mechanism of action of today’s psychotropic medications and how it relates to your clients.
  3. Breakdown the process of medication selection and receptor activation/blocking for specific disorders.
  4. Communicate the side effects including nutritional, cognitive, sexual, and behavioral associated with psychotropic medications.
  5. Communicate options for clients including medications and/or psychotherapy.
  6. Explain how medications are chosen for mood disorders and specific patient characteristics.
  7. Compile medication treatment options for your clients with ADHD.
  8. Determine medication management strategies for clients with sleep disorders.
  9. Identify medications effective for your clients with eating disorders.
  10. Determine how to effectively incorporate medication assisted treatments into an overall care plan for substance use disorders.
  11. Determine the unique medication considerations for geriatric clients.
  12. Discriminate between acute and chronic pain to recommend best methods of treatment.
  13. Analyze future trends, including preventing side effects vs. managing side effects.
  14. Establish ethical issues specifically relating to the child and adolescent population as it relates to clinical psychopharmacology.
  15. Apply traditional standards (autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, confidentiality, veracity) of ethical behavior to issues peculiar to the practice of clinical psychopharmacology.
  16. Explore specific ethical issues and their resolve to the everyday practice of clinical psychopharmacology.
  17. Explain the role of prescriber as both patient advocate and protector.
  18. Evaluate research and its impact on future prescribing and patient care.

Outline

  • Day One
    • Psychopharmacology
      • Historical Antecedents of Modern Psychopharmacology
      • Diagnostic Issues
      • Clarification of Terms
      • Drug Metabolism Concepts: Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics
      • Drug Mechanism of Action
      • Placebo & Nocebo
      • Pharmacotherapy Vs. Psychotherapy
    • Understanding Receptors
      • Specific Receptors & Their Action
      • Prescribe Based on Receptor Action
    • Masking: Psychological Problems Disguising
    • Medical Disorders
      • Differential Disorders & Diagnostic Workup
      • Top 10 Drug Medical Emergencies
    • Depressive Disorders
      • The Terminal Button & Neuronal Health
      • Biogenic Amine, Cortisol, Down-Regulation, & Neurotropic
      • Hypotheses
      • Neurochemistry of Depression
      • Types of Anti-Depressants
      • Preventing Side Effects
      • Treatment Resistant Depression and Drug Combinations
      • Tardive Dysphoria: Real or Imagined?
    • The Role of Nutrition & Mental Health
      • Monoaminergic Rich Foods
      • Achetylcholinergic Rich Foods
  • Day Two
  • Review of Anti-Depressants
  • Create the Perfect Anti-Depressant
  • Anxiety Disorders & Obsessive Compulsive
  • Disorders & Trauma Related Disorders
    • Gad, Panic Disorders, Phobias
    • OCD
    • PTSD
    • Physiological Interventions
    • Anti-Anxiety Medications
    • Anti-Depressants
    • Non-Pharmacologic Options
    • Benzodiazepines: Risks and Benefits
    • Preventing Side Effects
  • Psychotic Disorders/Schizophrenia
    • Neurochemistry of Psychosis and Schizophrenia
    • Antipsychotic Medications:
    • First Generation (Typical)
    • Second Generation (Atypical)
    • Managing Side Effects
    • Extrapyramidal Symptoms and TD
    • Metabolic Problems
    • Recognizing Hyperprolactinemia - And Why You Need to Know
    • Use of Atypical Antipsychotics for Multiple Disorders
    • Pregnancy and Psychotic Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorders
    • Neurochemistry
    • The Bipolar Spectrum
    • Mood Stabilizers
    • Lithium
    • Anti-Convulsants & Neuromodulators
    • Effective Strategies for Improving Outcomes for Clients
  • Day Three
    • Attentional Disorders
    • Differential Diagnosis
    • Neurochemistry of ADHD
    • Treatment Controversies
    • Substance Abuse and ADHD
    • Stimulant Medications
    • Non-Stimulant Options
    • Preventing Side Effects
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Neurochemistry of Addiction
  • Negative Reinforcement & Creation of Habits
  • Alcohol
  • Caffeine
  • Nicotine
  • Cannabis
  • Opiates
  • PCP & Ketamine
  • MDMA (Ecstasy)
  • Energy Vs. Chill Drinks
  • Over-The-Counter & Herbal
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Addiction Treatments
  • Behavioral Addictions
  • Treating Client Pain
  • Acute Vs. Chronic Pain
  • Advances in Psychopharmacology
  • Alternatives to Psychopharmacology
  • Pain Vs. Depression: Which Comes First?
  • Co-Morbid Pain
  • Alternatives
  • Special Population
  • Specialized Guidelines For Geriatric Patients
  • Dementia Treatment
  • Pregnancy Guidelines
  • Slow Vs. Rapid Metabolizers (Genetic Polymorphisms)
  • Ethics & Psychopharmacology
  • High-Risk Pharmacology & Psychopharmacology
  • Off-Label Use of Medications
  • Prescribing for Children
  • Elective Psychopharmacology
  • Marketing of Mental Illness
  • Polypharmacy
  • Informed Vs. Uninformed Consent
  • Patient & Third Party Pressures
  • Professional Boundaries
  • Ethics Associated with Medical
  • Errors
  • Role of Placebo

Target Audience

Counselors, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Psychotherapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Case Managers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Pharmacists, School Psychologists, Others in caring professions

Reviews

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Overall:      5

Total Reviews: 17

Comments

Joie M - Seattle, Washington

"The course was highly entertaining and very innovative. I will use the DEC-Q in my practice and am grateful for it. Really appreciated the instructors insights and perspectives. I feel the class will make me a stronger clinician. "

Junita S - CORVALLIS, Oregon

"Great course, the presenter was great to watch and keep the material interesting. "

Jessica H - Clear Spring, Maryland

"Great course. Speaker was incredibly knowledgeable and his personal insight is invaluable."

Vonda D - DICKINSON, North Dakota

"Very good presenter, one of the best CE's I have done. Wish I had done it live in person"

Matt R - NEW HARMONY, Indiana

"Great presentation! Always enjoy Dr. Buff!"

Paula G - FORT COLLINS, Colorado

"One of the best presentations I have ever attended. Kudos to Dr Buff!"

Keith W - SHREWSBURY, Massachusetts

"Thank you, very helpful!"

Lorraine H - DAVENPORT, Florida

"Excellent trainer. I would atttend a seminar taught by Dr. Buffington in the future."

Margaret K - NASHOTAH, Wisconsin

"Excellent program, thank you. I learned very relevant information."

Linda B - Darien, Illinois

"This was the most professional and substantive seminar I have taken! "

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