NPACE Psych Mental Health Bundle

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This is an essential package for all nurse practitioner students and new NPs. This package includes important psychiatric mential health topics including, pediatric mental health, psychopharmacology in self-harm behaviors and suicide risk prevention, pharmacogenomics, treatment of anxiety, PTSD for veteran and family care, and human trafficking.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Pediatric Mental Health: A Primary Care Primer

As a result of this activity, the learner will be able to:

Describe holistic mental health appraisal and differential diagnosis in the current care climate

Discuss optimal pharmacologic therapy approaches appropriate for management by primary care providers, and strategies to minimize potential adverse effects to pharmacotherapies

Describe the role of the healthcare provider in prevention, early identification, and fostering protective factors and resilience

From Understanding to Healing: Exploring the Role of Psychopharmacology in Self-Harm Behaviors & Suicide Risk Prevention for Adolescence & Young Adults

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Improve knowledge of terminology, risk factors, and developmental process of psychopathologies that impact the emergence NSSI in adolescent & young adults.

Identify standardized methods for the assessment, evaluation and evidence for NSSI interventions to improve patient outcomes.

Apply evidence-based practice to utilize a safe, effective, & appropriate pharmacologic treatment for NSSI & common psychiatric disorders

Pharmacogenomics - Precision Medicine in Primary Care: Personalized Treatment of Depression After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Conceptualize mental illness in the context of epi/genetics and neurobiology, with an emphasis on depressive disorders

Discuss contemporary approaches to management of depressive disorders, including practical applications for nurse practitioners.

Apply concepts of pharmacogenomics to the selection, prescription and management of drug therapy for depression

Anxiously Awaited: Neurobiology & Personalized Treatment of Anxiety

As a result of this activity, learners will be able to:

Develop a working knowledge of updated diagnostic criteria and disease models to improve case identification and diagnosis of anxiety disorders.

Apply concepts of pharmacogenomics to the selection, prescription and management of drug therapy for anxiety disorders.

Discuss contemporary approaches to management of anxiety disorders, including practical applications for nurse practitioners

Serving Those Who Served: An Overview of PTSD & Practice Guidelines to Optimize Veteran & Family Care

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Overview of Home Base and services

Enhancing ability to screen for military service and connectedness

Introduction to Evidence Based Treatments (EBTs) for PTSD

Serving Military Connected Families

Human Trafficking: Engaging and Equipping APRNs for a Trauma-Informed Response

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

the role of the healthcare provider in prevention, differential diagnosis, identification, referral, treatment, aftercare, and advocacy for trafficking victims

the impacts of COVID-19 on victim exploitation and abuse

emerging trends and disparities in diverse care environments with effective response across the health care continuum

TIME TO COMPLETE

Each video is accessible twice within six months of purchase.

CREDITS

NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 CNE credit(s), of which 4.33 is pharmacology credit. Participants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLAIMER

The material presented in this continuing education program is being made available for educational purposes only and is not intended to represent the best or only methods, medications and/or guidelines appropriate for the medical situation discussed. Rather the material is intended to present an approach, view, statement, or opinion of the presenter(s), which may be helpful, or of interest to other practitioners and should not be used by clinicians without the evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. NPACE disclaims any liability, loss, injury, or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any information given in a presentation.

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE

This educational activity may mention the uses of products that are not approved by the FDA for the indication(s) being discussed. The presenter(s) are instructed to notify participants when they are discussing unapproved uses or investigational agents. The opinions related to unapproved uses of products are solely those of the presenter(s) and are not endorsed or recommended by NPACE. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

ACCREDITED PROVIDER

Provider Accreditation Statement

This program is provided by Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE).

Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).

In addition to ANCC, NPACE is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by: the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP8720 and Florida CE Broker #50-1476.

NPACE, the Provider of awarding contact hours, is responsible for adherence to ANCC criteria.

FACULTY

Jessica L. Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP

Clinical Professor; Baylor University

Dr. Jessica Peck is a Clinical Professor at the Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON). She uses a variety of strategies to teach her students in the classroom, online, lab, and clinical settings. She holds active national credentials as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator, and Clinical Nurse Leader.

Dr. Jessica Peck provides innovative, visionary, and award-winning nursing leadership. She was Texas Nurse Practitioner of the Year in 2019 and is Distinguished Alumni for both the University of Alabama and University of Texas Medical Branch. She holds the Lillian Wald Humanitarian Award from the National League for Nursing and is Advocate of the Year for the American Nurses Association. She is a two-time Hall of Fame Inductee for nursing journal article of the year. Dr. Peck holds elite honorary designation of Fellow from both the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Peck has published more than 50 clinical articles for peer-reviewed journals, is a regular contributor for parenting magazines and a frequent guest on radio, television, and other media. She authored Behind Closed Doors: A Guide for Parents and Teens to Navigate Through Life’s Toughest Issues, released by W Publishing.

Louis Chow, PhD

Senior Director of Network Development and Training Institute

Louis Chow, PhD, is the Senior Director of Network

Development and Training Institute at Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Mass General Hospital program. He is a clinical psychologist, Assistant in

Psychology at MGH, Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and

specializes in the care of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

and other invisible wounds of war. Dr. Chow was recently appointed under Healy-Driscoll Administration to serve on the Veterans’ Home Council to ensure access to equitable, high quality competent care for Veterans across the well-being and safety of residents of MA-operated Veterans’ Homes.

Dr. Chow has overseen the education and training of thousands of clinicians and health professionals across the country seeking

to care for veterans impacted by the invisible wounds of war. He has

helped launch clinical programs in Florida and is supporting Home Base’s

efforts to expand outreach and clinical care of historically excluded veterans.

Dr. Chow is currently leading the development of new programs in Arizona.

Lauren Richards-Donegan, PhD

Director of Education and Training

Lauren Richards-Donegan, PhD is the Director of Education and Training at Home Base and oversees the Training Institute. She is an Assistant in Psychology at MGH, and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Richards-Donegan oversees the provision of online and in person education to mental health professionals, first responders, military connected family members, and health professionals that work with service members and their families. She also oversees all training programs within Home Base including pre-and post graduate trainees, and professional development for Home Base staff.

Dr. Richards-Donegan is a licensed clinical psychologist and provides individual evidence based treatment to post 9/11 veterans struggling with a range of invisible wounds of war. She is also a Cognitive Processing Therapy

trainer and consultant. She has authored book chapters and peer reviewed

journal articles related to increasing understanding of barriers to mental

health treatment faced by veterans and enhancing community clinician access to training for empirically supported treatments.

Josh Hamilton, DNP, RN-BC, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CTMH, CNE, FAANP

President & Chief Clinical Officer; The Hamilton Group LLC

Dr. Josh Hamilton lives in the desert southwest, where he operates a thriving private clinical practice. With nearly a quarter-century of nursing experience, he also holds professorial appointments, leadership positions and consults extensively in the higher education space. Previously, he was Associate Medical Director for the largest managed care behavioral health network in the Desert Southwest. He served on the Nevada Board of Nursing’s Advanced Practice and Educational Advisory Committees and spearheaded the Donate Life campaign at the state level.

His professional interests include neurobiology, pharmacology and epigenetics. He is an internationally-recognized speaker on these (and related) topics at conferences and professional meetings. Dr. Hamilton earned his doctorate in nursing from Rush University in Chicago. At the University of Wyoming he earned a baccalaureate degree in Natural Science and Mathematics as well as a master’s degree in Nursing. He also has an undergraduate degree in Biology.

He is nationally certified as a psychiatric-mental health nurse; family nurse practitioner; family psychiatric nurse practitioner, telemental healthcare provider, and nurse educator. He was recognized as a doctoral scholar by the National League for Nursing, and he is a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Hamilton is also a master clinical psychopharmacologist (through the Neuroscience Education Institute), and he was the 2015 Distinguished Alumnus at his alma mater, the University of Wyoming. He is the Nevada state representative for AANP. In 2021, the Point of Care Network named Dr. Hamilton “America’s Top Psychiatric NP.”

Ryan Kennedy, DNP, FNP-C

Ryan J. Kennedy, DNP, FNP-C is the Associate Director of the Brown Clinic for Attention & Related Disorders, a private practice clinic located in Manhattan Beach, California. He received his Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Quinnipiac University and maintains Board Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner. For the past 15 years he has been involved in clinical research, book publications, and peer-reviewed journals. He is a full-time clinician at the Brown Clinic, where he specializes in assessment, pharmacological, and psychotherapeutic treatments for pediatric and adult patients with ADHD and Comorbid Disorders.

He has completed the Master of Psychopharmacology program through the Neuroscience Education Institute. Dr. Kennedy is also certified and completed training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through the Beck Institute of CBT, and completed 3-years of psychotherapy fellowship training during his doctorate education, under supervision of Dr. Thomas E. Brown, who was Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry/Psychology at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. Dr. Kennedy has contributed to scientific research studies, presented posters on his research from his clinical practice, and he has contributions to peer-reviewed journal articles, and co-author of several books with Dr. Brown, including the first open-access free eBook published by the World Federation of ADHD.

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