6 Contact Hours Pharmacologic And Psychiatric Medicine

Course overview

Understand the responsibility of each health care professional caring for a patient with a psychiatric disorder. Identify the most common psychiatric disorders in the United States. Discuss the ways psychopharmacological medications work differently in individuals based upon their age, sex, genetic make-up and lifestyle. Identify the medications prescribed for the most common psychiatric disorders. Identify the typical uses, administration process, side effects and potential for abuse or dependence of various psychotherapeutic medications.