Psychopharmacology of Trauma for Prescribers and Healthcare Professionals
- Speaker:
- Stephanie L. Shafer, DHSc, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC
- Duration:
- Full Day
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Jun 01, 2024
- Product Code:
- POS059814
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
You’ve seen clients and patients come in with a laundry list of medications and multiple diagnoses – PTSD, depression, anxiety and more.
Whether you’re a therapist, social worker, nurse or other healthcare practitioner knowing the in-and-outs of how trauma and comorbid mental health problems effect the brain and are impacted by medication is essential to your work.
In simple, easy-to-understand modules you’ll walk away with:
- In-depth knowledge to enhance communication with treatment teams
- Essentials of trauma’s impact on the brain and what it means for your work
- Mastery of how medications interact with neurotransmitters to better understand medication function
- Expertise on commonly prescribed medications, including side effects, benefits, side-by-side comparison of medications - including when and why they’re prescribed
- Conjunctive strategies, lifestyle interventions & more!
Give your clients and patients the highest standard of care – learn the psychopharmacology of one of the most challenging and common clinical presentations, trauma and its comorbidities.
Credit
Speaker
Stephanie L. Shafer, DHSc, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC Related seminars and products
Stephanie Shafer, DHSc, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, founded Neurobehavioral Health and Wellness, a private mental health practice in Okemos, Michigan, recognized as the "Best Mental Health Clinic" several years in a row. The practice serves adults, adolescents, and children with psychiatric disorders, including ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and personality disorders.
Central to her success is a structured model of care built around thorough clinical and background histories, careful identification of psychosocial stressors, and a mechanism-based approach to treatment - a framework that has proven essential to the effective delivery of psychiatric medications within her practice.
Clinically, Dr. Shafer's background spans emergency medicine, primary care, and psychiatry, across settings ranging from a large urban hospital to community-based practices, clinics, and private practice. A transition from primary care to psychiatry followed naturally, driven by a commitment to serving a growing population of underserved patients with psychiatric disorders. The past decade has been devoted to refining her skills in outpatient psychiatry.
She has completed graduate studies at UCLA, followed by a specialized post-master's degree in psychiatric mental health from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Dual certification as a nurse practitioner and an NEI Master Psychopharmacology certification round out her clinical accomplishments. In demand as a speaker, she regularly shares her expertise with multidisciplinary healthcare audiences nationwide, including resident physicians at Michigan State University.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Stephanie Shafer maintains a private practice and receives a speaking honorarium from Collegium pharmaceuticals. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Stephanie Shafer is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
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Objectives
- Determine foundational understanding of trauma including development and comorbidities.
- Identify framework for understanding how trauma impacts the brain development and function.
- Examine how neurotransmitters and medication interact and impact clients afflicted with trauma symptoms.
- Evaluate commonly utilized psychotropic medications, including adverse effects, applications,interactions and brain pathways utilized.
- Identify the basic mechanism of action as it relates to psychotropics from various classes.
- Compare current and newer treatments of PTSD, including psychedelics.
Outline
Trauma epidemiologyTrauma
- Types of trauma
- Manifestations of trauma
- Neurobiology of trauma
- Neurotransmitters and neurotransmission as it relates to medications used in trauma and other common comorbid conditions(i.e.: depression, anxiety, bipolar, personality disorders- borderline)
- Review of neurobiology in terms of medication MOA
- Discuss differentiating factors in terms of different classes of meds
- Antidepressants in general and their use in PTSD
- Anxiolytics in general and their use in PTSD
- Mood stabilizers in general and their use in PTSD
- Antipsychotics in general and their use in PTSD
- Frequent manifestations of trauma and pharmacological treatments
Non-pharmacological treatments used in conjunction with medications for PTSD
Target Audience
- Advanced Practice Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
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