Presented by Judi Steinman, PhD Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The Prescriptive Authority Movement for Psychologists began in Hawai`i in in the mid -1980s and continues in the current 2024 legislative session. Many members of the Hawai`I Psychological Association have supported the movement over the years and legislators from around the…
Presented by Rethel E. Gill, PsyD, MSCP Recorded on Thursday, March 14th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.” Although this is the Second Rule of Neurotransmission, it also resonates for first year practicum psychology trainees as we were taught that there is power in DSM diagnosis and that those diagnoses could…
Presented by Jose ‘Pepe’ Lopez, PhD, LPC Friday, August 30, 2024 10-11am PT / 12-1pm CT / 1-2pm ET Event held online via Zoom, link to access provided upon registration. Historically, male clients attend therapy at a lesser rate than female clients. To address this disparity, this presentation will focus on the therapy practices and considerations for male clients. Starting…
Presented by Christopher Rossilli Psy.D., MSCP, ABMP Recorded on Thursday, March 14th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page This presentation aims to provide an overview for students and psychologists or those en route on preparing for the psychopharmacology exam for psychologists offered by the Association of States and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASBPP). Unlike review courses for the…
Presented by Fangfang Ma, M.A, Doctoral Candidate, and Shelby Forbes, Ph.D This program was recorded on Thursday, November 17, 2022 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page This program will examine the role of acculturative stress on individuals’ mental health. It will distinguish the acculturative stress that people experience due to limited linguistic proficiency from the stress that they incur…
Presented by Tricia M. Mikolon, PhD and Debra Perez, PhD Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Multiculturalism and social justice are words that have become intertwined in education, but what do those words mean and how do educators incorporate these into the online classroom? Multiculturalism can be defined as "The presence of, or the support for the presence…
Presented by Dr. Cassandra Ferreira, Dr. Stephanie JW Ford, Dr. John Ferreira, and Dr. LaShonda Fuller This program was recorded on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Personal cultural awareness is a critical component for creating an effective learning environment (Counsel for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, CACREP, F.2.h; Kumi-Yeboah et al., 2020).…
This program is presented in partnership between the Chicago School, the Kennedy Forum of Illinois, and the Austen Riggs Center Presented by Joe Feldman, MBA, Eric Plakun, MD, Marie Casciari, JD, and the Honorable Patrick Kennedy This program was recorded on November 16, 2021. Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Insurance coverage for mental health and substance use treatment has…
Presented by Daniel G. Morjal, PsyD, MSCP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Whether you’ve completed your MSCP as a graduate student or as a seasoned clinician, looking toward providing an expanded suite of services is multi-faceted. From in-session medication decision-making to navigating a new set of CPT codes, prescribing/medical Psychologist’s will…
Presented by Elizabeth Lonning, PsyD, MSCP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses" page This presentation will cover the legislative process in Iowa including how we determined the need across the state and the interest among psychologists. It will discuss the contacts and connections created across the state as well as some alliances made…
Presented by Dr. Marla Stafford This program was recorded on Friday, November 18, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Health care professionals will learn to market their practice successfully and ethically. This webinar will lead individuals in the importance of marketing planning and how to develop a successful marketing plan to promote and grow their business. This webinar…
Presented by Yesenia Servin, CPMSM, PESC Recorded on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The new CMS guidelines allow Mental Health Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists to join as Participating Medicare practitioners! For these credentials, the Providers must be licensed at the Master's level or above. After several years of professional counselors advocating to…
Presented by Claudia Mosier, PsyD, MSCP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The LGBTQ+ Communities in the United States are varied and diverse. Psychopharmacology has been used in the past in unethical, unconscionable ways to attempt to change LGBTQ+ people to fit a cisgender heterosexual presentation. This history, and other factors create…
Presented by Robert M Foltz, PsyD and Kenneth Fogel, PsyD, MSCP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Psychotropic medications are commonly used across psychological disorders and across the lifespan. Indeed, more people are on more psychotropics today than ever before. To further complicate this issue, many individuals are taking multiple medications to…
Presented by Lynette Pujol, PhD, MSCP Recorded on Thursday, March 14th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In prescribing to patients as a rule of thumb, it is often useful to remember the “Rule of Thirds.” Specifically, 1/3 of patients treated will have a complete remission of symptoms; 1/3 of patients will have a partial remission; and…
Presented by George Kapalka, PhD, MS, ABPP Recorded on Thursday, March 14th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page While prescribing medications to children and adolescents is sometimes necessary and beneficial, prescribers often encounter pediatric patients who have been placed on multiple medications, sometimes in excessive doses. The widespread use of medication as the first choice for a…
Presented by Anthony Ragusea, PsyD, MSCP, ABPP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page This presentation will focus on the history and current status of the prescriptive authority legislative movement in Pennsylvania. 2022 was the first year Pennsylvania introduced a prescriptive authority bill, but the history of this effort goes back decades. I…
Presented by Muneer Ali, D.O. Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In this presentation Dr. Muneer Ali will provide an overview of pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing in Psychiatry and its potential benefits. He will cover the history and progression of PGx, and explore studies demonstrating improved medication selection and efficacy, as well as…
Presented by Anthony Tranchita, Ph.D., MSCP Recorded on Thursday, March 14th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The focus of this presentation the role Prescribing Psychologists can serve a role in addressing underserved areas, specifically rural Native American communities. We will explore how Prescribing Psychologists can help mitigate health disparities by addressing limited access to routine mental…
Presented by Bret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP, MSCP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page A skill of particular importance for prescribers of psychotropic medications is to prevent, identify, and effectively manage patient side effects. Psychotropic medications have the potential to produce myriad side effects that can adversely impact patient compliance and treatment…
Presented by Amy Wachholtz, PhD, MDiv, MSCP, ABPP, FACHP Recorded on Thursday, March 14th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Substance use disorders are growing at an alarming rate in the United States. Psychopharmacologically treating addiction is already difficult in mono-diagnosis SUD patients. However, many patients with substance abuse disorders have poly-substance use disorders or have accompanying…
Presented by David Shearer, PhD, MSCP and Bret Moore, PsyD, MSCP, ABPP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In the United States and internationally, major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the top 10 most debilitating illnesses. Moreover, a sizeable portion of patients either do not respond to commonly used psychotropic medications…
Presented by Braden Berkey, PsyD, CSE Recorded on Friday, November 17th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Healthcare providers, including those focused on metal health, receive little if any training on human sexuality. Sex is addressed it is in terms of dysfunction and diagnosis, and only when clients present specific concerns and symptoms. Clinicians are not prepared…
Presented by Dr. Stephanie JW. Ford & Kayla N. Wass, BA This program was recorded on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The prevalence of neurocognitive disorders in America continues to grow. In the United States of America 6.5 million individuals will be diagnosed with a major neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer’s Disease (Alzheimer’s Association,…