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Mental Health Disorders and treatment can be easier to understand when the basics of neurochemistry are understood. While the subject may intimidate many, with the right person breaking it all down for you, you too can easily “get it”.
Join popular psychiatrist and national speaker, Dr. Alicia Ruelaz as she explains the neurochemistry behind the mental health disorders that you encounter in your practice: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and addiction. In easy-to-understand terms, Dr. Ruelaz will give you the skills to greater facility in diagnosing and treating your clients. Listen to this information-filled seminar recording and learn:
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What neurodevelopmental alterations occur that can make someone more vulnerable to particular psychiatric disorders
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How & why psychiatric disorders can cause particular changes to brain functioning.
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Which treatments have specific effects aimed towards correcting these differences.
OBJECTIVES
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Detail the basics of brain functioning, as well as the latest discoveries in neuroscience
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Summarize how alterations in brain functioning can lead to psychiatric disorders
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Explain how to predict the effects that psychiatric disorders will have on the brain, if not treated.
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Describe how current psychiatric treatments affect the brain.
OUTLINE
Neurochemistry
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Neuroanatomy- nervous system and brain
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Neurons- function and communication
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Neurotransmitters
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Environmental and social effects on the brain
Depression
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Neuroanatomy- vulnerability to depression and effects of depression on the brain
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Neurochemistry of depression
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Antidepressant treatments and their effects on the brain
Anxiety
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Neuroanatomy behind anxiety
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Neurochemistry of anxiety
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Anxiety agents and their effects on the brain.
Bipolar Disorder
Psychosis
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Brain alterations in schizophrenia
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Neurochemistry of psychosis
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Effects of antipsychotic treatment
Addiction
ABOUT ALICIA RUELAZ
Alicia R. Ruelaz, M.D. has taught about brain functioning to medical students, psychiatry residents, psychologists and other therapists in training through her roles as Associate Director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and PESI speaker. She is a board certified diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and subspecialty board certified in Psychosomatic Medicine. Her engaging, interactive style allows students to understand complex neurochemistry with enjoyment and ease.
Throughout her career, Dr. Ruelaz has made presentations before many prestigious audiences in four different countries including the American Psychiatric Association, the World Psychiatric Association and others. She has several publications, including the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, The Journal of General Internal Medicine, The Psychiatric Times, The Psyche, The International Association for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Career Insights MD, Drug Benefit Trends, Psychiatry 2007 and Focus. Her knowledge of psychopharmacology has been quoted by definitive resources for physicians and nurses such as Medscape, ConsultantLive and Nurses’ Newswire.
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION
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This self-study activity qualifies for 1.5 contact hours.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Case Managers, Nurses, Other Mental Health Professionals
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