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Title:  Your Patients on Medications...What to Know and Do:  Focus on
Antipsychotics, Mood Stabilizers (including Anti-Depressants), and
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Presenter:  Dr. Gene Makela, Pharm.D.

Date:  November 1, 2006
Time:  9am-5pm
Place:  Morgantown, WV
CEUs:  7
Fee:  $75 (Early bird rate $67.50 by October 6, 2006)

This presentation will focus on medications used to treat psychosis,
mood disorders, and anxiety disorders, their major side effects, and the
need for monitoring. Social workers can often play a significant role in
identifying problems related to the use of these medications.  
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1.	Identify medications approved for the treatment of psychosis,
mood disorders, and anxiety disorders
2.	Describe appropriate monitoring for medications used for the
treatment of psychosis, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders
3.	Identify ways in which the social work professional can
effectively address observed patient symptoms / side effects in order to
optimize patient outcomes for patients with psychosis, mood disorders,
and anxiety disorders


Jacki Englehardt, MSW, ACSW
Coordinator of Professional and Community Education
Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
PO Box 6830
Morgantown, WV 26506
304-293-3501, ext. 3109
fax:  304-293-5936
cell: 304-282-0321
Summer Institute on Aging Website:  www.wvsioa.org