Professional Psych Seminars: Online, live and home study continuing education classes for mental health professionals

Online Course - Multi Media

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

This course runs on PC

Course Description

This course presents practical and applied strategies for treating those most challenging cases of PTSD. Empirically validated psychotherapies for PTSD are presented focusing on the processing of traumatic experiences, reducing nightmares, learning techniques for managing affect, and psychopharmacology.

Objective

Upon completion of this course, the participant will: (1) Refine their diagnostic skills for rapid assessment of PTSD. (2) Understand how neurobiology may impact the development and maintenance of PTSD. (3) Understand the role of adjunctive treatments (e.g. pharmacology).

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Price: $59.00

3.0 Credits

Instructor

John Preston, Psy.D.

John Preston, Psy.D., ABPP is a Professor of Psychology with Alliant International University. He has also been on the faculty of UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. Preston is the author of fourteen books including The Handbook of Psychopharmacology for Therapists, You Can Beat Depression and Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder. Dr. Preston is a highly gifted teacher, who has lectured widely in the United States and abroad. He consistently receives outstanding eval-uations from professionals attending his classes.

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Live Course Frequently Asked Questions

How It Works

View the presentation. Classes are broken into small segments of less than 30 minutes, so you can come and go as you please.
Take the quiz. Answer a few questions online after each segment, and grade it online when you're finished with the class.
If you miss a question, you will be supplied with the location on the video where the answer is provided.
Print out your certificate and you're done!

We Make It Easy

Handouts from the class are available as PDF files to view or print.
Once you’ve purchased a class, you can view it as many times as you like.
Login with your email address and password. It takes you to your personal homepage of all classes you have purchased.
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Level of Classes

All of our classes are offered at the intermediate level unless otherwise indicated. All classes are designed for experienced mental health professionals.

Failure To Pass Policy

If the participant fails to pass the CE exam with 75% accuracy or better, one re-test may be requested at no additional charge. After that time, there will be a $20 fee for each re-test.

Refund Policy

We offer a no-risk guarantee for our online courses. You can view any class for three days, and if not satisfied, contact PPS and we will refund your money in full. This refund offer does not apply if you have completed the class and passed the test. If you purchased an online book course, the hard copy of the book must be returned in "new" condition or the price of the book will be deducted from the refund.