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Schizophrenia: The Basics
This webinar will help mental health professionals develop a more thorough understanding of schizophrenia, including what defines the illness, what are the symptoms, how symptoms affect people’s behavior, what is the most likely explanation of the causation of the illness. It will also describe the key aspects of treatment,…
Couple Sensitive Therapy: How to Avoid Colluding with Your Clients
When we treat individuals who have complaints about a relationship, it’s all too easy to start colluding with the client against the partner who’s absent from the room; a stance that’s counterproductive to improving the relationship and helping the client learn from his/her difficulties. In addressing the craft of…
Clinical Features, Comorbidity, and Treatment
Eating disorders are associated with high rates of mortality, medical complications, psychosocial impairment, and psychiatric comorbidity including mood, anxiety, personality, and substance use disorders. This presentation will provide an overview of the clinical features, comorbid psychopathology, and treatment of eating disorders, as well as several psychological mechanisms that may…
Diagnosis and Management of Bipolar Disorders: Challenges in the Dually-Diagnosed Patient
The viewer of this webinar will become aware of the prevalence and burden of bipolar disorders (BDs), develop a framework for distinguishing BD from major depressive disorder in people presenting with depression, be fluent with treatment options for the management of mania and bipolar depression, and understand how substance…
A Brief Educational and Anxiety Management Treatment Part 1
Despite the high prevalence and negative consequences of PTSD in those with serious mental illness, there has not been much attention paid to effective treatment of this condition within this population. In this webinar, the rationale and considerations for addressing PTSD in persons with serious mental illness is discussed.
A Brief Educational and Anxiety Management Treatment Part 2
Presentation PowerPoint Slides.pdf This webinar is a continuation of the first part in this two-part series. Part I…
Understanding Peer Recovery Support and Use of the Hearing Voices Network Method for People Who Hear Voices
Albert Garcia talks about his personal experience of hearing voices and how he incorporating his past and current struggles with his career as a Certified Peer Specialist. He also talks about the methods he uses while working with clients with mental illness and substance abuse. Mr. Garcia created the…
Adolescents and Marijuana
Marijuana is the most commonly used “illicit” drug in the United States. Approximately 12% of individuals 12 years of age or older reported using this drug in 2013, and rates are higher among the younger age groups (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2013). More Americans now perceive…