Behavioral Health Module #5 - Appropriate Use of Meds

Original Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Presented by: John Brose, Ph.D., LP, LMFT, LADC and Director and Justin Miles, Ph.D., Psychiatrist, Associated Clinic of Psychology, Minneapolis

SUGGESTED AUDIENCE
Staff in care center, assisted living and adult day programs
•    Administrators
•    Housing Managers
•    LTC Directors of Nursing
•    Assisted Living Home Care Nurse Managers
•    Adult Day Program Directors
•    Social Workers
•    Therapeutic Recreation/Activity Professionals
•    Other interested staff

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•    Learn about the various categories of medications and the mental illnesses they are designed to treat so that you have a basic understanding of current prescribing practices.
•    Discuss when it is most appropriate to treat a mental illness with medication versus therapy or other non-pharmacological approaches.
•    Know what questions you should be asking prescribers to get the best care for their residents/clients – such as the minimum effective dose, the target symptoms and what you want them to be, etc.
•    Receive best practices for regular and periodic evaluation of medications used for behavioral health purposes.