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Zur Institute

Zur Institute

Zur Institute

Zur Institute

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Telemental health, including telepsychiatry, telepsychology, and teletherapy, is a communication and information system that allows clinicians to provide psychiatric and behavioral health services using the telephone, videoconferencing, and the Internet. This course provides information for practitioners new to using technology to provide remote behavioral and mental health services, covering benefits, risks, protections, legal and regulatory considerations, ethical considerations, and multicultural practice.

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Telemental health, including telepsychiatry, telepsychology, and teletherapy, is a communication and information system that allows clinicians to provide psychiatric and behavioral health services using the telephone, videoconferencing, and the Internet.

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Issues related to substance-induced psychosis are important for clinicians to understand so that they can properly assess and determine root cause when patients manifest signs of mental illness. Factors related to substance-induced psychosis vary depending on the patient's age, type and frequency of drug used. Early intervention by a qualified and knowledgeable health clinician is critical to help patients obtain the needed treatment and to avoid patient risk of harm to self and harm to others.

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This course discusses treatment-resistant mood and psychotic disorders, covering the impact of refractory mental illness, defining refractory mental disorders, assessment processes, treatment outcomes, polypharmacy, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychiatric advance directives.

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Presents practices, programs, and policies that best support older adults experiencing serious mental illness (SMI). Provides information needed to implement client-centered and recovery-oriented services that improve health outcomes for older adults at risk, experiencing, or recovering from SMI.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Elements, History, Treatments, and Research presents the information that clinicians need to diagnose, assess, and treat OCD. The course prepares social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychologists to identify the symptoms of OCD and use their understanding of the disorder, intervention approaches, and treatment options to support OCD patients.

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Examines Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), a care model designed for individuals with serious mental illness who are at particular risk for hospitalization, homelessness, criminal justice system involvement, and psychiatric crises. Explores clinical considerations when implementing ACT, including fundamental principles, current issues and challenges, and adaptations for special populations.

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This course examines a wide range of evidence-based practices for screening and assessment of people in the justice system who have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (CODs).

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Mental health care providers must be familiar with existing interventions that are designed to address bias. Implicit bias refers to prejudicial attitudes toward and stereotypical beliefs about a particular social group or members therein. This intermediate-level learning material describes implicit bias and outlines existing research into its pervasiveness, nature, and history. It also describes the effects of implicit bias, how to screen for it, and ways to mitigate its influence on care.

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This course addresses the specific ethical challenges, requirements, and demands of telehealth services through scenarios, literature review, and discussion. It is intended for California professionals and may be used to meet the training requirements for the provision of mental health services via telehealth, which must include content about law and ethics related to telehealth.

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This course addresses the technology competencies, specific ethical challenges, requirements, and demands of telehealth services through scenarios, literature review, and discussion. Designed for human services and mental healthcare practitioners, including social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists.

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This course presents SAMHSA's national guidelines and best practices for crisis care, which can be used to strengthen crisis care and reduce the impact of substance abuse, acute mental illness, and suicide in America. The course supports social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, counselors, program managers, and direct care providers working within crisis care systems in providing effective crisis care that follows a set of national guidelines.

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An overview of clinical psychopharmacology for children and adolescents suffering from a range of mental health conditions, which include ADHD, depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, and other mental and behavioral disorders. The course provides information on diagnostics, differential diagnosis, and medication strategies.

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Bullying, recognized as a major public health problem, is a prevalent and harmful behavior associated with mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviors. This course examines types of bullying for school-age youth, the roles of those involved in bullying, and ways to treat the bully, victim, and bystander.

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Evidence-based course on reentry support for individuals with mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders leaving criminal justice settings, covering interventions, program implementation, and evaluation approaches.

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This updated manual contains a 12-week cognitive behavioral anger management group treatment model. The content includes specific instructions and suggested remarks for group leaders, and exercises for group members. This model will work in a variety of clinical settings, and with diverse audiences.

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Research presented by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suggests that military veterans may suffer from a variety of mental health conditions. This course will answer what types of mental health conditions may affect military veterans, and what healthcare professionals should consider when assessing military veterans for mental health conditions, while highlighting military veteran care recommendations.