Therapy Tidbits Winter 2022/Spring 2023

Course overview

Therapy Tidbits - Winter 2022/Spring 2023 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Fall 2022/Winter 2023 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practical issues. The articles in this course are: Investigation Exposes Corruption in For-Profit Hospice Care - Discusses the ways in which "for-profit" hospice facilities can exploit patients Charles Manson's Psychopathology Complicated and Fascinating - Shares the findings of a recently published journal article on the last psychological evaluation of Charles Manson What You Need to Know About DSM-5 - Offers a brief overview of the current changes to the DSM-5 as outlined in the DSM-5-TR Clinicians and the Court - Provides a broad overview of risk management considerations and strategies for receiving subpoenas and writing third party advocacy letters for patients Make Cyber Security a Priority - Suggests security measures that can be taken to guard against cyber-attacks, ransomware, and data breaches Private Equity Firms Devouring US Healthcare - Presents information on the way in which for-profit private equity firms are moving into the healthcare industry Psychodiagnostic Testing Faces Many Roadblocks - Highlights the ways in which access to clinical diagnostic services is hindered and suggests strategies fro revitalizing this clinical role of psychologists Course #11-52 | 2023 | 19 pages | 10 posttest questions