65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 22

Early Bird Open Sessions

7:15 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.

Session 213           

Psychopharmacology for Group Therapists

Presenter:         

David W. Brook, M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
 

Many patients in group therapy are also treated with a variety of psychopharmacological medications. This open session will review the up-to-date essentials of psychopharmacological treatments with particular emphasis on their uses in group psychotherapy. Current issues and research findings regarding the neurobiology and clinical uses of the major classes of psychopharmacological drugs for the treatment of a variety of psychiatric disorders in conjunction with group psychotherapy will be discussed. Dynamic issues regarding medications and the use of medication groups will be included in the discussion. Clinical examples brought up by the presenter and by the participants will be used to illustrate the material presented.

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Understand the uses and mechanisms of action of the major classes of psychopharmacological treatments in conjunction with group psychotherapy.
2. Assess the appropriate clinical indications for the use of psychopharmacological treatments of a variety of psychiatric disorders of children, adolescents, and adults treated by group psychotherapists in a variety of treatment settings.
3. Discuss a variety of neurobiological processes with regard to the use of the major classes of CNS medications and their clinical implications for group psychotherapeutic treatments.
 

Course References:

1. Janicak P.G., Davis J.M., Preskorn S.H., et al.(2006). Principles and practice of psychopharmacotherapy. Fourth Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
2. Brook, D.W. (1993). Medication groups. In Group therapy in clinical practice. Alonso, A., and Swiller, H. (Eds.). (pp. 155-170). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1993, pp. 155-170.
3. Martin A., Scahill L., Charney D.S., Leckman, J.F. (Eds.) (2003). Pediatric psychopharmacology: Principles and practice. New York: Oxford University Press.