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Anxiety disorders are characterized by states of chronic, excessive dread or fear of everyday situations. The fear and avoidance can be life-impairing and disabling. Anxiety disorders result from the interaction of biopsychosocial factors, whereby genetic vulnerability interacts with situations, stress, or trauma to produce clinically significant syndromes.

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This course equips clinicians with knowledge and skills to understand dissociation and its connection to trauma. It covers fundamentals of dissociation, diagnostic perspectives, foundations of working with clinically significant dissociation, personal metaphor and parts work, addiction as dissociation, and successful treatment planning.

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A course discussing interventions for type 2 diabetes in youth within the context of developmental issues of childhood and adolescence, including the impact on families and importance of family support in management.

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This course educates healthcare professionals about the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by specific symptoms that vary in type and severity with each individual. The course covers screening, diagnosis, treatment, comorbidities, family impact, and prognosis.

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This course consists of two major components: understanding the nature of childhood obesity and providing clinical services. Factors responsible for the current epidemic will be outlined, as will the current definition of the disorder. Statistical data regarding the epidemiology of weight disorders in childhood will be provided in order to give a perspective of the problem. Various obesity trajectories and their differential diagnostic and treatment issues will be thoroughly explored. The intervention section intends to help clinicians to evaluate salient factors in assessing the obese child and to identify appropriate goals and treatment methods.

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This course outlines appropriate approaches to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of male sexual dysfunction in order to enhance patients-provider communication and improve patient outcomes and well-being.

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A course designed to familiarize healthcare and mental health professionals with artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential applications in health and mental health care, reviewing merits, limitations, and ethical concerns.

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This course reviews basic concepts pertaining to clinical trials, the history of clinical trials, and societal views about medical research. It examines the sociocultural context of medical research and clinical trials to provide understanding of factors that promote and impede women and racial/ethnic minorities in clinical trial participation.

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The field of social work has called for the use of evidence-based practice; however, the concept of evidence based practice is not necessarily embraced by all in social work. Proponents of evidence based practice in social work maintain that by using empirically tested interventions is fundamental to building a core knowledge base in social work.

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This course outlines specific OSHA guidelines for a safe mental health workplace, covering workplace violence, bloodborne pathogen compliance, tuberculosis control, and fire safety as they apply to behavioral health settings.

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A course for behavioral health providers on clinical documentation, covering regulatory requirements, mental health assessments, mental status exams, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, progress notes, and discharge summaries to support medical necessity and compliance with healthcare standards.

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This course provides healthcare providers with information necessary to identify and address sexual problems in patients with diabetes, covering sexual physiology, causes of dysfunction, treatment options, and psychosocial impacts.

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This course provides nurses and behavioral health professionals with information and resources to develop proficiency in teaching and caring for patients with diabetes, covering disease process, complications, self-care facilitation, self-management education, and cultural aspects of diabetes care.

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Prediabetes is a condition that affects more than one-third of the adult population in the United States. As a major risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, its potential toll on the healthcare system and on the individual is significant. Also known as "glucose intolerance," prediabetes is diagnosed when the blood glucose is higher than normal but does not meet the diagnostic criteria for diabetes. Results from the Diabetes Prevention Program showed that the onset of diabetes could be delayed or prevented with lifestyle interventions in subjects with glucose intolerance who were also overweight and sedentary. This course will describe the pathophysiology and risks associated with prediabetes and diabetes. It will also discuss the lifestyle interventions recommended by the Diabetes Prevention Program.

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Participants who complete this course will learn about the identification, evaluation, and assessment of geriatric failure to thrive, including use of the Mini Nutritional Assessment, the Mini Mental Status Evaluation, and the Geriatric Depression Scale. Diagnostic/laboratory and physical assessment skills will be reviewed with a focus on weight-loss assessment. Creation of a multidisciplinary treatment plan with review of pharmaceutical options will be explored.

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A course designed for Kentucky healthcare professionals to recognize and respond to domestic violence, covering identification, screening, interventions, and resources for victims/survivors.

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In the last days, the goals of the healthcare team are to ensure a peaceful death for the patient and to support the family during the dying process and throughout grief and mourning. The focus for the patient is management of symptoms and emotional and spiritual ease, and the focus for the family is education to prepare them for the dying process. This course will explore how care providers can best support the patient and family during and after death.

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This course will provide an overview of the different types of workplace violence, risk factors, emotional, social, and behavioral ramifications of workplace violence, and specific interventions and policies that have been implemented by organizations to address workplace violence and enhance practitioners' safety.

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Course encompasses a basic overview of human trafficking, providing practitioners with insight into victims' lives and the physical, psychological, social, and sexual abuse they experience. Covers specific interventions and responses including mental health, social services, educational, prevention, and legal efforts.

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This course outlines the scope of sexual assault as a problem, discusses key clinical issues, and provides guidelines for proper evaluation and treatment of sexual assault victims. It covers epidemiology, clinical and forensic evaluation, sexually transmitted infection and pregnancy considerations, sexual assault/abuse of children, psychosocial assessment and follow-up care, and sexual violence prevention.

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This course encompasses a basic overview of human trafficking, providing practitioners with information about the realities of human trafficking victims' lives and the physical, psychological, social, and sexual abuse they experience. It covers specific interventions and responses including mental health, social services, educational, prevention, and legal efforts, as well as the emotional toll on practitioners.