After taking this course, students will be able to:
Identify efficacious treatments for reducing symptoms of depression among children.
Describe both the value and shortcomings of tricyclic antidepressants for treating children.
Identify therapeutic techniques used for treatment of childhood anxiety and phobias.
Describe the verbal problem solving skills in children with conduct disorders.
Describe the relationship between the levels of aversive verbal behavior and angry affect exhibited by children and their parents.
Description:
This course examines to research articles centered on childhood mental illness. The goal of first article is to identify interventions with positive treatment effects that have been evaluated in reasonably large and well-controlled studies. The review includes findings from studies of both psychosocial and psychopharmacological interventions that have focused on the treatment of major depressive disorder, depressive symptoms (sub-threshold), dysthymic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), separation anxiety disorder, specific phobias, school refusal, and elective mutism.
The second article aimed to extend the literature on family interaction in depression and conduct disorders by comparing the interactions of depressed, conduct-disordered, mixed depressed-conduct-disordered, and non-clinic children during family problem-solving discussions in the clinic.
The two articles reviewed are: Review of the Evidence Base for Treatment of Childhood Psychopathology: Internalizing Disorders and Childhood Depression and Conduct Disorder: I. Behavioral, Affective, and Cognitive Aspects of Family Problem-Solving Interactions
Approval Bodies:
Professional Development
American Psychological Association
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
National Board for Certified Counselors
Florida Board of Nursing
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, Expiration 03/31/2010
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Illinois Social Work Continuing Education
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
CAADAC, California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Marriage and Family Therapist
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, 04/2010 to 03/2012
