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The birth of a new baby brings joy to many parents, but it can also cause unexpected emotions and thoughts. This is particularly true in mothers, who may experience anxiety, depression, and/or emotional distress during pregnancy and postpartum. Mental health providers can support patients struggling through the perinatal period by helping them to understand their "scary thoughts" and assess the severity of their distress.

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This course focuses on the importance of adapting therapeutic interventions to integrate and account for social determinants of health (SDH). Social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors are provided guidelines for integrating this information into the ways they engage with clients in assessment and intervention. Integration of SDH into treatment is examined in the context of existing treatment modalities commonly in use in mental health care, including Solution Focused Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, Interpersonal Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, and Play Therapy.

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Part 2 of a three-part series designed for social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors on the topics of culture and the psychosocial implications of socioeconomic position. The course focuses on the importance of adapting therapeutic interventions to integrate and account for social determinants of health (SDH), with guidelines for integrating this information into assessment and intervention. Integration of SDH into treatment is examined in the context of existing treatment modalities including Solution Focused Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, Interpersonal Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, and Play Therapy.

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Introduces social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and counselors to the effects of social determinants of health and guides them in incorporating this information into assessment and intervention with individuals, groups, families and communities. Examines social stigmas and cultural forces impacting health outcomes, including racial and ethnic identity, gender identity and expression, body size, ability status, immigration status, mental health status, legal status, and economic disadvantage.

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Part 3 of a three-part series focusing on integration of social determinants of health into development of policy and interventions on mezzo- and macro-levels and on a public health scale. Covers frameworks including Health At Every Size, Housing First interventions, safe injection sites, alternatives to DSM-5-TR, and prison abolition/restorative justice movements, with implications for child welfare, immigration, education, health and health insurance systems.

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How to provide culturally sensitive care for clients with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related disorder. This book, written and edited by leading experts from around the world, looks critically at how culture impacts on the way post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related disorders are diagnosed and treated.

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This course presents SAMHSA's national guidelines and best practices for crisis care, covering crisis services for individuals experiencing homelessness, substance use disorders, diverse populations, and children and adolescents. It supports clinicians in expanding knowledge on barriers to managing behavioral health crises for specific populations and ways to combat those barriers.

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This course presents SAMHSA's national guidelines and best practices for crisis care, exploring opportunities and challenges in implementing and delivering crisis services, with strategies to enhance crisis response including technology, legal and regulatory issues, and the role of law enforcement in crisis care.

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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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This continuing education course provides an overview of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and 42 CFR Part 2 and their implications for mental health practitioners.

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This continuing education course provides an overview of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and 42 CFR Part 2 and their implications for mental health practitioners.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) course designed for psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists. Covers theoretical underpinnings, case conceptualization, self-monitoring, core CBT interventions, and applications to depression, anxiety, social phobia, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is commonly regarded as the gold standard of psychotherapy; this assertion is based on the vast and thorough research base supporting CBT including evidence that it has been widely and successfully implemented. This learning material is designed for psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists who wish to improve their CBT practice to be more effective with their difficult to treat clients or to learn new interventions to add to their toolbox.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for eating disorders is a treatment package of behavioral and cognitive strategies focusing on patients who are not medically at-risk and who need a behaviorally-based psychotherapy to treat their eating disorder. Designed for social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors this learning material discusses transdiagnostic treatment of eating disorders, provides clinical case examples, demonstrates a newer transdiagnostic protocol, and reviews cultural considerations.

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This course provides information to aid clinicians in their applications of core CBT interventions when working with clients. The course explores self-monitoring, Socratic questioning, thought records, behavioral experiments, and exposure therapy. Case examples will be presented and discussed, after which example dialogues will demonstrate skills and key concepts in action.

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This course provides information to aid clinicians in their applications of core CBT interventions when working with clients. The course explores self-monitoring, Socratic questioning, thought records, behavioral experiments, and exposure therapy. Case examples will be presented and discussed, after which example dialogues will demonstrate skills and key concepts in action.

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Cocaine addiction is a serious public health problem. Millions of Americans regularly use cocaine, and some develop a substance use disorder. The course covers pharmacology of cocaine, diagnosis of cocaine use disorder, and treatment approaches including pharmacotherapy and psycho-social interventions.

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Clinical supervision in substance use counseling is the bridge that connects the learning of new skills to the implementation of those new skills in actual clinical practice. It supports both new and experienced clinicians and is a critical element of competent practice. It supports evidence-based practice (EBP) delivery, helps clinicians develop and sustain professionalism, and ensures ethical standards of care are imparted, met, and maintained.

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Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple 10th Edition provides a brief and practical overview of clinical psychopharmacology and psychotropic medications. The course provides information on diagnostics, differential diagnosis, guidelines for treating psychological disorders, and medication strategies. This edition also includes explorations of the influences of both neurobiology and culture on psychopharmacology.

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Understanding of depressive symptomatology in the context of substance use and SUDs, including symptom identification, care of symptoms, how symptoms interact with substance use concerns, effect on treatment participation and engagement, and effective clinical interventions and treatment settings.

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One in every six children, and more in some ethnic groups, are obese, which can lead to serious health problems in adulthood. Successful treatment of young patients is complex, requiring time-intensive, evidence-based care delivered by a multidisciplinary team. This course gives health professionals a clear overview of the current scientific knowledge on childhood obesity, from causality models and diagnosis to prevention and treatment.

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The new edition of this popular, evidence-based guide compiles and reviews all the latest knowledge on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood maltreatment including neglect and physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional abuse. Readers are led through this complex problem with clear descriptions of legal requirements for recognizing, reporting, and disclosing maltreatment as well as the best assessment and treatment methods. The focus is on the current gold standard approach trauma-focused CBT.