8:00 - 8:30
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:30 - 11:45
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Pharmacology of Clinical Antidepressants
History of antidepressant drugs; mechanisms of
depression and the antidepressants; classes of drugs:
from tricyclics to SSRIs, dual action agents and specific
norepinephrine agents; side effects and choice of agents;
uses in pain control and attention disorders
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10:15 - 10:30
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Morning Break
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11:45 - 12:00
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Introduction to Pub-Med
Accessing Medical Literature On-Line
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12:00 - 1:00
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Lunch Break (on your own)
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1:00 - 2:30
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Mood Stabilizers
Lithium: Treatment of bipolar before lithium,
limitations of use, need for safer agents
Antiepileptic "Neuromodulators": Historical
development of anticonvulsants as mood stabilizers, how
to best choose a specific agent for each client, side
effects and limitations of individual agents, use to treat
substance abuse, explosive disorders and anxiety
disorders as well as chronic and acute pain
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2:30 - 2:45
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Afternoon Break
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2:45 - 4:00
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Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs
Development of atypical antipsychotics, why they differ
from traditional agents, individual atypical drugs,
limitations of individual agents, uses for prodromal mental
disorders, pervasive developmental disorders, PTSD,
BPD and affective disorders
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