1 CE Course
Psychiatric Roadmap for SSRIs:
Serotonin + Medication Insights
Course Description:
Psychiatric Roadmap for SSRIs: Serotonin + Medication Insights is a 1 hour video CE training with PDF guide, that provides a deeper understanding of how serotonin and antidepressant medications, impact psychiatric symptoms. This comprehensive training covers the physiology of serotonin, the mechanisms of SSRIs and SNRIs, and their effects on people who take them. Through detailed discussions, case vignettes, and practical insights, therapists will learn to confidently discuss the ways antidepressant medications work, explain side effects, and help clients get the most out of treatment.
Continuing Education is provided by Jessica Beachkofsky, MD/Beach Health, PLLC. Upon successful completion of this course you will receive 1 CE.
Social Workers: We have applied for consideration of 1 hour of clinical CE credit through ASWB ACE
About the Instructor:
Dr. Jessica Beachkofsky is a board-certified psychiatrist licensed in Florida, Texas, and Indiana who has been practicing for over 15 years. She has a passion for psychoeducation, whether with colleagues or for patients. She served in the Air Force for 12 years, beginning her training at the military's medical school and completing residency in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Beachkofsky’s experience includes working in military and veteran outpatient clinics, running an inpatient psychiatric hospital unit, virtual corrections care, and working in online clinics. She’s previously held adjunct professor positions and taught in the graduate medical education program providing medical student, intern, and resident training as well as grand rounds for continuing medical education units.
Dr. Beachkofsky loves the brain and learning and teaching about mental health. She wants you to feel excited by what we're learning in psychiatry and also wants your clients to benefit from this too so please share what you learn with them!
See below for additional details
Please contact info@beachhealthmd.com or call (813) 279-8878 with any questions, concerns, or accessibility accommodations.
Agenda:
01:07 Why this Course + Objectives
04:08 Serotonin + Depression Physiology
05:16 SN + DMN with Weakened Connections
07:01 Specifically Serotonin
08:05 Serotonin Between Neurons
09:28 Serotonin Transporters and Medications
11:21 Why More Serotonin Helps
12:25 Side Effects and Long-Term Effects
14:11 Balancing Effects and Dosing
15:03 Immune System Effects and Anti-microbial SSRIs
16:06 SSRIs and SNRIs Effects on Patients
17:30 Serotonin is Not Everyone’s Problem + Stats
19:31 Feeling Worse Before Feeling Better
20:27 Other Jobs of Serotonin
24:30 Risk of Serotonin Syndrome
28:26 Black Box Warning for Suicide Risk
34:19 Specific Medications: Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil, Lexapro, Effexor XR
42:22 Not Mixing SSRIs + How Will It Feel When It’s Working?
43:58 Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome
52:49 How I make medication decisions
57:43 Sum up to share
This course was created on 6/1/2024
There are no scheduled breaks during this 1 hour course
Psychiatric Roadmap for SSRIs: Serotonin + Medication Insights, course# 5951, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Jessica Beachkofsky, MD/Beach Health, PLLC as an individual course. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 10/15/2024 - 10/15/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credit.
Additional Course Details:
Registration and Info:
The cost of this course is $24 USD which includes a certificate of completion when requirements are met.
Purchase online at https://sales.brainbiteswithdrb.com/psychiatric-roadmap-for-ssris/
You will need an email address, high speed internet connection, and speakers or headphones to access the course content via the Thrive Cart Learn platform. This is a non-interactive video course.
Date: On-demand Online Training Video + PDF Guide
Target Audience: Social workers and other mental health professionals
Content level: Beginning - Intermediate
Course Completion and CE Info:
Participants must watch the entire course and complete a course evaluation and post-test to earn CE credit. The evaluation and post-test will be emailed after the course is completed. A certificate of completion will be emailed upon completion of the course evaluation and post-test if a passing score of at least 80% is received within a maximum of 3 attempts.
Refunds and Cancellations:
Due to the digital nature of this course, once it is purchased and accessed there are no refunds provided.
However, therapists who register for a training course occasionally change their mind about their purchase. Regardless of the reason, this is the refund policy for those who decide not to take this course. Refunds for online courses are only given under the following circumstances:
- The purchaser did not access any portion of the online course
- AND has requested a refund, in writing via email within three business days from the date of the registration (email notification sent). There will be no refunds for any online course once it has been accessed in any manner.
If these 2 criteria are met, a full refund will be issued.
Please understand that with the purchase and accessing of your online course, you have read and agreed to the aforementioned refund policy.