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VERY POPULAR, 6-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

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1.  Is Pornography Addictive?
Whether or not you think it's moral, the fact is, people like porn.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)

2.  Evaluating and Treating Sexual Addiction - Curbside Consultation
Sexual addiction includes a spectrum of dysfunction, from inability to control the use of pornography to acting out sexually through different paraphilias.
AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN

3. More Than a Dalliance? Pornography Consumption and Extramarital Sex Attitudes Among Married U.S. Adults
Given pornography’s positive portrayal of extramarital sex, several recent studies have explored whether people who consume pornography have a more positive attitude toward extramarital sex.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)

4. How A Children’s Hospital Discovered Child Pornographers In Its Midst
A leading pediatric medical center learned a number of lessons about cybercriminals who prey on children.
HEALTH AFFAIRS

5. The Brain on Porn
Research in the United States has shown that 66% of men and 41% of women consume pornography on a monthly basis. An estimated 50% of all Internet traffic is related to sex.
JAMA PSYCHIATRY

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6. Exposure to Sexually Explicit Web Sites and Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors
Exposure to Internet pornography has potential implications for adolescent sexual relationships, such as number of partners and substance use.
JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

7. Revenge Pornography: Mental Health Implications and Related Legislation
Revenge pornography is a subtype of cyberharassment/cyberstalking that is becoming increasingly prevalent. It is described as the online release of explicit photographs or videos of an individual without permission for the purpose of humiliation.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW

8. Internet Pornography Use: Perceived Addiction, Psychological Distress, and the Validation of a Brief Measure
Psychologists, counselors, and even clergy are increasingly confronted with individuals, couples, and family members who attest to the negative influence of pornography consumption on their lives.
JOURNAL OF SEX AND MARITAL THERAPY

9. Divorce Rates Double When People Start Watching Porn
The study suggests that men and women who begin to consume pornography partway through their marriages are more likely to get a divorce than their non–porn-consuming peers.
SCIENCE

10. Behavioral and Pharmacological Treatment of Compulsive Sexual Behavior/Problematic Hypersexuality
The present article summarizes the available evidence to date on the pharmacological and behavioral treatment of compulsive sexual behavior/problematic hypersexuality and provides two case vignettes to illustrate potential approaches to treating different presentations of problematic sexual behavior in patients.
CURRENT ADDICTION REPORTS

NEW 3-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Ethics and Risk Management: Confidentiality in the Digital World

Privacy is a fundamental right, and it is the responsibility of all therapists to keep client information private. Today, psychotherapists must make thoughtful decisions about whether and to what extent they will incorporate electronic technology into their professional lives. To practice ethically, therapists who use digital and other technology must develop privacy and confidentiality protocols. 

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VERY POPULAR, 6-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

Managing suicidal individuals is an urgent topic for all health care providers. Most people who kill themselves have a diagnosable mental and/or substance use disorder. The majority have depressive illness. This course discusses prevalence, risk factors, screening, assessment, treatment, and management of the suicidal individual.

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1.  What are Opioids?
Opioids are medications that relieve pain. They reduce the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain and affect those brain areas controlling emotion, which diminishes the effects of a painful stimulus.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

2.  Opioid Abuse
Opioids are powerful pain killers that are highly addictive. Opioid dependence affects nearly 5 million people in the United States and leads to more than 18,000 deaths annually.
MEDSCAPE

3. Opioid Overdose
Opioid overdose is life-threatening and requires immediate emergency attention. Recognizing the signs of opioid overdose is essential to saving lives.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA)

4. Understanding the Epidemic
More people died from drug overdoses in 2014 than in any year on record, and more than six out of ten drug overdose deaths involve an opioid.
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC)

5. What Science tells us About Opioid Abuse and Addiction
People who use pills for their mood elevating effects may crush them to snort or inject the drug, which not only increases the euphoria but also increases the risk for serious medical complications, such as overdose and substance use disorder.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

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6. Pain, Pain, Go Away
Psychological approaches help people cope with chronic pain.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)

7. Drugs, Brains, and Behavior the Science of Addiction
Today our views and our responses to addiction and other substance use disorders have changed dramatically. Groundbreaking discoveries about the brain have revolutionized our understanding of compulsive drug use, enabling us to respond effectively to the problem.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

8. The Prescription Opioid Epidemic: An Evidence-Based Approach
A comprehensive response to this crisis must focus on preventing new cases of opioid addiction, identifying early opioid-addicted individuals, and ensuring access to effective opioid addiction treatment while safely meeting the needs of patients experiencing pain.
JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

9. Needle to the Grave: My Sister’s Journey With Heroin Addiction as Told Through Her Journals
Beth was highly intelligent, insightful and able to voice her experience with heroin addiction in a cogent and compelling way.
COUNSELING TODAY

10. The Changing Face of Heroin Use in the United States
Over the past several years, there have been a number of mainstream media reports that the abuse of heroin has migrated from low-income urban areas with large minority populations to more affluent suburban and rural areas with primarily white populations.
JAMA PSYCHIATRY

NEW 3-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Ethics and Risk Management: Confidentiality in the Digital World

Privacy is a fundamental right, and it is the responsibility of all therapists to keep client information private. Today, psychotherapists must make thoughtful decisions about whether and to what extent they will incorporate electronic technology into their professional lives. To practice ethically, therapists who use digital and other technology must develop privacy and confidentiality protocols. 

Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount

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VERY POPULAR, 6-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

Managing suicidal individuals is an urgent topic for all health care providers. Most people who kill themselves have a diagnosable mental and/or substance use disorder. The majority have depressive illness. This course discusses prevalence, risk factors, screening, assessment, treatment, and management of the suicidal individual. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount, today.  

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1.  How Should Clinicians Treat Patients Who Might Be Undocumented?
Whatever moral obligations may attach when encountering someone who needs care the clinician is
generally under no legal obligation to provide it.
AMA JOURNAL OF ETHICS

2.  Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services (large large file)
By recognizing that traumatic experiences and their sequelae tie closely into behavioral health problems,
front-line professionals and community-based programs can begin to build a traumainformed
environment across the continuum of care.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA)

3. Routine Screening for Depression, Alcohol Problems, and Domestic Violence
Brief effective screening for depression, alcohol use disorders, and domestic violence.
AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN

4. Practice Guidelines for Video-Based Online Mental Health Services
Mental health professionals are using inexpensive technologies available through the proliferation of
personal computers, the Internet, mobile devices and videoconferencing software to provide mental
health services.
AMERICAN TELEMEDICINE ASSOCIATION (ATA)

5. Are You Prepared for the Unexpected?
Ideally, every facet, tool and important piece of information about your practice will be documented so
that someone could quickly step in and take over the operations of your practice if you were
incapacitated or unable to perform your duties for whatever reason.
COUNSELING TODAY

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6. Before You Hit 'Send': Will An E-mail to Your Patient Put You at Legal Risk?
Patients want to communicate with providers via electronic mail, but concerns about security,
confidentiality, and liability stop many providers from using e-mail in their practice.
Clinicians who plan to use e-mail in their practice should get patients’ explicit consent.
CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE

7. Suicide Prevention: An Emerging Priority For Health Care
Zero Suicide, a model for better identification and treatment of patients at risk for suicide, incorporates
new tools for screening, treatment, and support; it has been deployed with promising results in
behavioral health programs and primary care settings.
HEALTH AFFAIRS

8. Patient- and Family-Centered Care: It’s Not Just for Pediatrics Anymore
Patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) is increasing staff satisfaction, decreasing costs, and
improving patient outcomes.
AMA JOURNAL OF ETHICS

9. Evaluating Cloud-Based Practice Management Systems
Part 1
Part 2
Cloud-based software is installed on an Internet server owned by the vendor. These solutions require
only an Internet connection and a web browser for access.
COUNSELING TODAY

10. Integrating a Behavioral Health Specialist into Your Practice
Increasingly, family physicians are finding that the best answer to the above situations is to collaborate
closely with a behavioral health specialist or integrate one into their practice.
AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN

NEW 3-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Ethics and Risk Management: Confidentiality in the Digital World

Privacy is a fundamental right, and it is the responsibility of all therapists to keep client information private. Today, psychotherapists must make thoughtful decisions about whether and to what extent they will incorporate electronic technology into their professional lives. To practice ethically, therapists who use digital and other technology must develop privacy and confidentiality protocols. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount.  

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VERY POPULAR, 6-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

Managing suicidal individuals is an urgent topic for all health care providers. Most people who kill themselves have a diagnosable mental and/or substance use disorder. The majority have depressive illness. This course discusses prevalence, risk factors, screening, assessment, treatment, and management of the suicidal individual. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount, today.  

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1.  What Is Marijuana?
The main psychoactive (mind-altering) chemical in marijuana, responsible for most of the intoxicating effects sought by recreational users, is delta-9-tetrahydro-cannabinol (THC).  Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

2.  How Does Marijuana Produce Its Effects?
Cannabinoid chemicals affect brain areas that influence pleasure, memory, thinking, concentration, movement, coordination, and sensory and time perception.   Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

3. Is Marijuana A Gateway Drug?
Some research suggests that marijuana use is likely to precede use of other licit and illicit substances and the development of addiction to other substances. Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

4. Is Marijuana Addictive?
Recent data suggest that 30 percent of marijuana users may have some degree of marijuana use disorder, which when severe is considered an addiction. Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

5. Is There A Link Between Marijuana Use And Psychiatric Disorders?
Several studies have linked marijuana use to increased risk for psychiatric disorders, but whether and to what extent it actually causes these conditions is not always easy to determine. Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

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6. Study Questions Role For Marijuana In Teen Users’ IQ Decline
Even if further research discloses no direct link between marijuana and IQ declines, the researchers caution teens against using marijuana.  Learn more... 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

7. What Is The Scope Of Marijuana Use In The United States?
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug according to the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

8. What Are Marijuana's Long-Term Effects On The Brain?
Over the next decade, the National Institutes of Health is funding a major longitudinal study that will track a large sample of young Americans from late childhood (before first use of drugs) to early adulthood. Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

9.  Marijuana Report Series - Full Report
This Research Report is intended as a useful summary of what the most up-to-date science has to say about marijuana and its effects on those who use it—both young and old. Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

10. Why Not Pot? A Review of the Brain-based Risks of Cannabis
Fully informed awareness of both the potential and proven benefits and the potential and proven harms of marijuana are necessary in order to have rational discussions with patients, teens, and decision makers regarding marijuana use.  Learn more...
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NEW 3-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Ethics and Risk Management: Confidentiality in the Digital World

Privacy is a fundamental right, and it is the responsibility of all therapists to keep client information private. Today, psychotherapists must make thoughtful decisions about whether and to what extent they will incorporate electronic technology into their professional lives. To practice ethically, therapists who use digital and other technology must develop privacy and confidentiality protocols. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount.  

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VERY POPULAR, 6-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

Managing suicidal individuals is an urgent topic for all health care providers. Most people who kill themselves have a diagnosable mental and/or substance use disorder. The majority have depressive illness. This course discusses prevalence, risk factors, screening, assessment, treatment, and management of the suicidal individual. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount, today.  

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1.  What Is an Anxiety Disorder?
The goal of this review has been to evaluate commonalities across anxiety disorders in features of responding in self-report estimation/prediction and in on-line responding to aversive stimuli across behavioral, psychophysiological, cognitive domains as well as functional systems at the neural level. Learn more...
DSM-5 DEVELOPMENT

2.  Diagnosis and Management of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder in Adults
Evidence suggests that the rates of missed diagnoses and misdiagnosis of GAD and PD are high, with symptoms often ascribed to physical causes.   Learn more...
AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN

3. Older Maternal Age Is Associated With Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Symptoms in Young Adult Female Offspring
Our results indicate that older maternal age is associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms in young adult females. Learn more...
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA) 

4. Withholding Information from an Anxiety-Prone Patient?
Therapeutic privilege or exception is a concept that justifies withholding information regarding a diagnosis or treatment from a patient if the disclosure of that information. Learn more...
AMA JOURNAL OF ETHICS

5. Scaling-up Treatment of Depression and Anxiety: a Global Return on Investment Analysis
This analysis sets out, for the first time, a global investment case for a scaled-up response to the massive public health and economic burden of depression and anxiety disorders. Learn more...
THE LANCET 

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6. Fear of the Unknown: One Fear to Rule Them All? (Click ClinicalKey on left)
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. Learn more... (Click ClinicalKey on left)
THE JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS

7. Anxiety, Work, and Coping
The weight of evidence clearly indicates that chronic anxiety can have many disastrous outcomes for employees, leaders, and their organizations.  Learn more...
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA) 

8. Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
A 16 year-old adolescent girl is brought to a physician for an urgent medical checkup. She has been complaining of circumscribed episodes of chest pain, dizziness, numbness of her upper extremities and palpitations. Learn more...
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES 

9. Treating Depression and Anxiety
According to NIMH, 50 to 60 percent of those living with anxiety and depression receive no mental health services.  Learn more...
COUNSELING TODAY 

10. Using CBT Effectively for Treating Depression and Anxiety
Fewer than 20% of people seeking help for depression and anxiety disorders receive cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), the most established evidence-based psychother­apeutic treatment.  Learn more...
CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE 

NEW 3-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Ethics and Risk Management: Confidentiality in the Digital World

Privacy is a fundamental right, and it is the responsibility of all therapists to keep client information private. Today, psychotherapists must make thoughtful decisions about whether and to what extent they will incorporate electronic technology into their professional lives. To practice ethically, therapists who use digital and other technology must develop privacy and confidentiality protocols. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount.  

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VERY POPULAR, 6-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

Managing suicidal individuals is an urgent topic for all health care providers. Most people who kill themselves have a diagnosable mental and/or substance use disorder. The majority have depressive illness. This course discusses prevalence, risk factors, screening, assessment, treatment, and management of the suicidal individual. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount, today.  

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1.  Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use among Adults
The purpose of this chartbook is to provide estimates of mental health service utilization among adults
across different racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Learn more...
SAMHSA

2.  African American Communities and Mental Health
Notwithstanding the 2008 election of our first African American President, racism continues to have an
impact on the mental health of African Americans. Learn more...
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA

3.  HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities is the most comprehensive federal commitment to date for reducing, and eventually eliminating disparities in health and health care. Learn more...
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

4.  Race Differences in the Receipt of Mental Health Services Among Young Adults
This study investigates race and ethnic differences in the receipt of mental health
services among young adults. Learn more...
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

5. Physiological Responses to Racism and Discrimination: An Assessment of the Evidence
A growing body of research explores the impact of encounters with racism or discrimination on
physiological activity. Learn more...
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

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6. How Racism Is Bad for Our Bodies
A growing literature shows discrimination raises the risk of many emotional and physical problems. Learn more...
THE ATLANTIC

7. John’s Story: How Racism and Classism Operate Within the Mental Health Care System
This article addresses the inherent racism, classism and oppressive dynamics which fill our mental
health care system. Learn more...
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

8. New Evidence Regarding Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Mental Health: Policy Implications
Startling new findings make clear that disparities in mental health exhibit a decidedly different pattern
from disparities in other kinds of health. Learn more...
HEALTH AFFAIRS

9. Specifying Race-Ethnic Differences in Risk for Psychiatric Disorder in a US National Sample
Studies have found lower than expected prevalence of psychiatric disorders among disadvantaged
race-ethnic minority groups in the United States. Learn more...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH

10. Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Depression Severity and Functional
Status
This study compared the association between depression severity and functional status among three
different racial or ethnic groups. Learn more...
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES

NEW 3-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Ethics and Risk Management: Confidentiality in the Digital World

Privacy is a fundamental right, and it is the responsibility of all therapists to keep client information private. Today, psychotherapists must make thoughtful decisions about whether and to what extent they will incorporate electronic technology into their professional lives. To practice ethically, therapists who use digital and other technology must develop privacy and confidentiality protocols. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount.  

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VERY POPULAR, 6-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

Managing suicidal individuals is an urgent topic for all health care providers. Most people who kill themselves have a diagnosable mental and/or substance use disorder. The majority have depressive illness. This course discusses prevalence, risk factors, screening, assessment, treatment, and management of the suicidal individual. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount, today.  

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1.  Gender dysphoria: ‘I’m a man, but…’
In public, Mr. C is a “he-man.” In private, he wears lingerie,sees himself as a woman in sexual fantasies,
and longs to develop breasts. Can you detect his problem?
CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE

2.  Transsexualism: Clinical Guide to Gender Identity Disorder
 For those with gender dysphoria, psycho-logical assessment and psychotherapy are suggested and sometimes required.
CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE

3.  Suppression of Puberty in Transgender Children
The treatment option for the pediatric population entails suppression of puberty using exogenous
hormones before the patient significantly develops the secondary sex characteristics of his or her
biological sex, but it is still experimental, and some practitioners question the ethics and safety of this
treatment strategy.
AMA JOURNAL OF ETHICS

4.  Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity and Gender Expression
While transgender is generally a good term to use, not everyone whose appearance or behavior is
gender-nonconforming will identify as a transgender person.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)

5. Mental Health of Transgender Children Who Are Supported in Their Identities
Transgender children who have socially transitioned, that is, who identify as the gender “opposite” their
natal sex and are supported to live openly as that gender, are increasingly visible in society, yet we know
nothing about their mental health.
PEDIATRICS

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6. Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People
The intended audience for these Guidelines includes psychologists who provide clinical care, conduct
research, or provide education or training.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)

7. Office-Based Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth
Obtaining a comprehensive, confidential, developmentally appropriate adolescent psychosocial history
allows for the discovery of strengths and assets as well as risks.
PEDIATRICS

8. DSM-5: Gender Dysphoria
The diagnosis of gender dysphoria is a revision of DSM-IV’s criteria for gender identity disorder and is
intended to better characterize the experiences of affected children, adolescents, and adults.
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (APA)

9. Sexual Sunday School: The DSM and the Gatekeeping of Morality
Cultural values play a greater role in psychiatry than they do in the rest of medicine when it comes to
deciding what constitutes a “disorder.”
AMA JOURNAL OF ETHICS

10. Working With Transgender Persons
Members of the transgender community commonly transcend society’s gender binary and widely
assumed definitions of gender roles and instead identify within a spectrum of gender expression.
PSYCHIATRIC TIMES

NEW 3-CREDIT, CE COURSE -  Ethics and Risk Management: Confidentiality in the Digital World

Privacy is a fundamental right, and it is the responsibility of all therapists to keep client information private. Today, psychotherapists must make thoughtful decisions about whether and to what extent they will incorporate electronic technology into their professional lives. To practice ethically, therapists who use digital and other technology must develop privacy and confidentiality protocols. Use promo code ah20 and receive 20% discount.  

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1.  There’s an App for That: A Guide for Healthcare Practitioners and Researchers on Smartphone Technology
This article presents the history, components, and key features of smartphones, and it also delineates the process of smartphone applications development and publishing in the app stores.
ONLINE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS

2.  Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions
This article provides data on psychiatric outpatients’ prevalence of smartphone ownership and interest
in using their smartphones to run applications to monitor their mental health.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

3.  Utilizing a Personal Smartphone Custom App to Assess the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
Patients with major depressive disorder are able to utilize an app on their personal smartphones to
self-assess their symptoms of major depressive disorder with high levels of adherence.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

4.  The mPower Study, Parkinson Disease Mobile Data Collected Using ResearchKit
An smartphone-based study using Apple’s ResearchKit library to evaluate the feasibility of remotely collecting information about the daily changes in symptom severity and their sensitivity to medication in Parkinson Disease.
SCIENTIFIC DATA

5. Mental Health Smartphone Apps: Review and Evidence-Based Recommendations for Future Developments
Randomized controlled trials are required to validate future mental health apps (MHapps) and the principles upon which they are designed, and to further investigate the recommendations presented in this review.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

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6. Apps4Counseling: What’s In Your Digital Toolbox?
The importance of meeting our clients and students where they are should not be minimized.
COUNSELING TODAY

7. Technology Offers Tools for Ensuring Adherence to Medical Therapy
Novel monitoring solutions will move all stakeholders—not just patients—to a position of responsibility
for adhering to prescribed regimens.
CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE

8. Preliminary Evaluation of PTSD Coach, a Smartphone App for Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms
PTSD Coach is a mobile application (app) designed to help individuals who have post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) symptoms better understand and self-manage their symptoms.
ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY SURGEONS OF THE UNITED STATES (AMSUS)

9. Autism and Beyond App
Autism & Beyond is a study of young children's mental health that seeks to better understand and
identify risks for development.
DUKE MEDICINE AND DUKE UNIVERSITY

10. Concussion Tracker App
This study looks at the symptoms people experience in the first few weeks after a concussion.
iMEDICAL APPS

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• Assessing and Treating Sexual Problems in Psychotherapy - 5 credits
• Cultural Competence: The Immigrant Experience - 3 credits
• DSM-5 – Friend or Foe? - 6 credits
• DSM-5 and the ICD-10-CM: Comparisons and Crosswalk - 3 credits
• Ethics and Countertransference - 2 credits
• Ethics and Risk Management: The Challenge and Dilemma of Technology - 1 credit
• Ethics and Self-Disclosure: Adapting to New Technologies - 1 credit
• Ethics in Counseling: Staying on Track - 4 credits
• Internet Addiction and the DSM-5 - 2 credits
• Marriage and Family Therapy: Applications in Clinical Practice - 8 credits
• Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management - 6 credits
• Understanding the DSM-5 - 4 credits

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MOST POPULAR ETHICS AND RISK MANAGEMENT COURSES

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• Ethics and Risk Management: The Challenge and Dilemma of Technology - 1 credit
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