The Future of Psychiatry – by Nicholas Reeves, MD

In the words of famous neuroscientist Donald Hebb, “Neurons that fire together, wire together.”  Thus, the conditioning that led to abnormal neural circuit activity can be recognized, and new patterns of thinking and behavior can be strengthened through conditioning that installs healthier patterns through the mechanisms of neural plasticity (e.g. changes in number of synapses for communication between neurons within a network and number/sensitivity of the neurotransmitter receptors on the postsynaptic neurons). 

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Neuroscience-Informed Psychiatric Medication Management

The neuroscience helps us to understand the distal mechanism of action of the medications we use in psychiatry.  What is important to understand from the neuroscience is that the final result for individuals with any psychiatric disorder is that there are changes in the connectivity and function of various brain circuits that correlate with the symptoms of their respective illness

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Neuromodulation Therapies – Exciting New Development

There are now two well-researched neuromodulation therapies that are specifically designed to alter activity in brain circuits that exhibit abnormal activity in specific psychiatric disorders.   Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) were developed specifically with an understanding of neuroanatomy and the physiology of neural networks as a guide. 

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Neuroscience-Informed Psychotherapy – Why certain therapies may be effective.

The science also provides some explanatory power as to why certain therapies may be effective.  For example, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps patients to identify how certain errors in their thinking and certain maladaptive behaviors they exhibit helped generate and/or help perpetuate their disorders, as well as the interconnection between these cognitive distortions and the behavioral manifestations of their disorder. 

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Challenges and Successes in Applying Cognitive Processing Therapy – 6/22 CE

Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Treatment

This two-hour presentation on Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) introduces participants to the 12-session format of this empirically supported treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. The theoretical framework of CPT be reviewed and key concepts of CPT will be defined. Participants will engage in experiential exercises to contextualize and practice CPT techniques. 10 SPACES AVAILABLE.

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Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on 5/2 – CE Training

This training introduces clinicians to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and will provide a brief history of this powerful approach, ACT’s goals and components and experiential activities.

Objectives:

  1. Gain a basic understanding of the components of the Hexaflex
  2. Identify when to use the six components of ACT 
  3. Take away at least one tool to use in therapy

FREE with no CEs. $25 for 2 CEs.  Tea and light snacks will be offered.

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Diagnosing Using the DSM-5: Continuing Education Training for Professionals

Please join Mind Therapy Clinic’s staff at our April 4 training with Dr. Hassert.

The Training

This training will focus on updates made to the DSM-5. We will cover how the DSM-5 is organized by familiarizing ourselves with the overall layout and assessment measures.  We will use an applied model of learning in which case vignettes will be presented to better understand common DSM-5 criteria and rule out diagnoses. Practical diagnostic tools to use within a standard clinical setting will be reviewed, as will the importance of accurate diagnoses and the implications that making diagnoses have on our clinical practice and clients’ lives

Participants will:

  • Identify significant changes made to the DSM-5 from the DSM-IV
  • Apply DSM-5 diagnostic criteria through the use of clinical vignettes to accurately assess common psychiatric conditions
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