Practical Psychopharmacology: Application-to-Practice Strategies for Prescribers, Mental Health Clinicians & Nursing Professionals
Keeping up with the latest research, ever-changing treatments and updates in psychopharmacology can be overwhelming.
Decode the complexities of psychopharmacology with award-winning researcher, author and board-certified clinical psychiatric pharmacist, David Dadiomov, PharmD, BCPP.
Designed for healthcare and mental health clinicians – including nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, therapists, psychotherapists, psychologists and more – Dr. Dadiomov takes you beyond psychopharmacologic fundamentals in an easy and non-threatening way.
You’ll get the knowledge you need to know to answer your patients' questions, manage complex side effects, understand medication reactions, and get specific strategies on…
• Warnings and contraindications for common medications to keep your patients safe
• How to give pregnant patients the highest level of care
• Disorder specific medication interventions to make treatment easier
• Treatment resistant psychiatric conditions, DSM-5-TR updates, and more
Best of all, you’ll get access to case studies you can’t get anywhere else and a comprehensive reference guide so you can quickly apply your knowledge in any clinical or therapeutic setting.
Whether you recommend or write prescriptions… you’ll get lasting treatment strategies you need to stay up to speed on a rapidly changing field to improve your treatment outcomes and protect your license!
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Advanced Psychopharmacology for Clinicians: Using Psychopharmacology to Understand and Treat Addiction Disorders
Common medications used to treat substance use disorders like naltrexone, naloxone and methadone can be easy to confuse… and hard to understand even for the most seasoned professionals.
And, that’s just the beginning… Drug testing, poly-substance abuse, and co-occurring mental health problems create more obstacles.
Not only does award-winning researcher, author and board-certified clinical psychiatric pharmacist, David Dadiomov, PharmD, BCPP bring clarity to the latest research on Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and the role antidepressants, antipsychotics, psychedelics can play…
He’ll walk you through specific, easy-to-apply strategies on high-risk prescription opioid use, therapeutic drug monitoring, substance intoxication and withdrawal, treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions and more.
Whether you work in direct patient care or allied health settings… you’ll be able to apply his interventions to immediately see improved outcomes for your patients.
You’ll get unique and practical case studies and a simplified, comprehensive guide for medication and non-medication interventions for nearly most SUDs so you can quickly respond to signs of substance-use related emergencies and know how SUDs impact various health conditions… even for your most vulnerable patient populations.
Whether you’re a prescriber or not, you’ll get you need to stay up to speed on a rapidly changing field to improve your treatment outcomes and protect your license!
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Psychopharmacology of Trauma for Mental Health & Healthcare Professionals
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:
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.
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Cannabis Pharmacology Updates
The cannabis plant has been used for thousands of years as a medicinal agent to treat pain, anxiety, and seizures. The widespread legalization of medical and adult-use cannabis programs at the state level have highlighted the need for medical professionals to be educated on the properties of cannabis and how they can be incorporated into responsible patient care programs. This educational program provides a comprehensive look at the clinical aspects of cannabis as medicine, from a pharmacology perspective.
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