Neurobiology for Mental Health Professionals (NB)

$219.00

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Description

ITTI is an NBCC-approved continuing education provider, ACEP# 6674.

DATE: Register at any time
DELIVERY METHOD: 6 Modules, Self-pace,d Online
PREREQUISITES: None
CE HOURS: 13
All course material is provided.

COURSE INSTRUCTIONS:

  • This course is built around 6 weekly modules. Each module is presented as a narrated PowerPoint along with additional videos and articles.
  • At the end of each module participants are expected to pass a quiz with a minimum grade of 80% in order to advance to the next module.
  • Participants must complete the modules in the order they are presented.
  • Completion documentation will be provided after the 6th module.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This six module online training will cover the following topics:

  • Genetic changes in children
  • The Genetic and Environmental Influences on traumatic experiences
  • Three key elements involved in the response to stress
  • Episodic Memory, Perceptual Memory, and Their Interaction – Foundations for a Theory of PTSD
  • How Traumatic Stress Is Linked to a Deficit in Associative Episodic Memory
  • Preliminary Evidence of Increased Hippocampal Myelin Content in Veterans with PTSD
  • Reduced Hippocampal Volume Is Associated With Overgeneralization of Negative Context in Individuals with PTSD
  • The hidden price and possible benefit of repeated traumatic exposure
  • The Hippocampus Function Predicts Severity of PTSD
  • A Pilot Examination of the Use of Narrative Therapy with Individuals Diagnosed with PTSD
  • Coping with Trauma – Narrative and Cognitive Perspectives
  • A review on the evidence of transgenerational transmission of PTSD vulnerability
  • Cognitive Appraisals and Emotions Predict Cortisol and Immune Responses
  • Emotion Stress and the Cardiovascular response
  • Inflammatory Markers and Immune Function – Associations with Emotion Regulation
  • The potential role of the anterior cingulate cortex
  • Do people cope with situations as they say?
  • Psychoneuroimmunology, stress and pregnancy
  • The effects of long-term chronic stress on the lymphoid organs