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This course reviews crisis theory and family systems theory as applied to families of chronically ill patients, covering areas of family life impacted by chronic illness, family responses to stressors, caregiver stress, and the role of gender, culture, race, and ethnicity. By understanding the social impact chronic physical illness has on the family system, nurses, social workers, marriage and family therapists and other service providers will be better positioned to provide effective services and empower families.

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This course educates healthcare professionals about the epidemiology and treatment of overweight and obese patients, covering clinical presentation, diagnosis, behavioral and pharmacologic management, surgical options for morbidly obese patients, and current reimbursement issues using current national guidelines.

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Overview of the cultural context of infertility, discussing how women and children are viewed by different cultures, cultural meanings of infertility, psychological and social consequences, coping patterns, and culturally sensitive practice guidelines for working with couples from diverse racial and ethnic minority groups experiencing infertility.

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This course provides healthcare professionals with knowledge to recognize and intervene in anabolic steroid abuse, covering risk factors, acute and chronic signs and symptoms, motivation to use, warning signs, and gaps in identification, assessment, and treatment of patients with current and past AAS use and abuse.

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This course provides an overview of the impact of spirituality on health and mental health, with an emphasis on minority cultural and spiritual beliefs. An assessment and integration plan is also included.

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A basic overview of individuals experiencing gender dysphoria, covering the spectrum of gender identity variations, prevalence of transgender individuals, barriers to care, unique healthcare needs, approved standards of care, endocrine management, non-surgical interventions such as voice therapy and counseling, surgical interventions, and care for transgender children and adolescents.

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This course examines working in and with rural communities and the need for cultural sensitivity and competence. Health, mental health, and social work service disparities, barriers to help-seeking, and specific issues relevant to various subpopulations will be explored. Ethical issues unique to working within rural communities will also be discussed.

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This course summarizes the revised ASERVIC competencies and their application in the counseling process, explaining why it is important for counselors to be proficient in each area before working with spiritual and religious issues in counseling. These competencies will enable counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, and allied professionals to develop a framework to assist them in understanding and working effectively with clients' spiritual and religious lives.

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This course examines the scope of custodial grandparenting in the United States, including demographics, and discusses the range of social, psychological, economic, family, mental health, and physical/health implications of being a custodial grandparent. It provides clinicians with information about life transitions, disruptions, and needs of grandparents and dynamics of skipped-generation family structures.

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This course highlights the unique needs of bisexual clients or those who otherwise identify in a non-binary way in the realm of sexual identification and expression. Professionals will learn valuable tools and approaches for strengthening their rapport with bisexually identified clients, with an emphasis placed on evaluating one's own biases around sexual identify and expression. The course also presents a basic plan for addressing oppressive cognitions as part of trauma-focused care.

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A course providing healthcare professionals with an increased understanding of natural psychedelics and the considerations associated with the safety, effectiveness, and legal use of these substances.

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A course on alternative therapies for managing depression and anxiety symptoms, covering exercise-based therapies, alternative modalities, dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and endogenous chemical supplements for healthcare professionals.

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This course is designed for healthcare professionals whose patients are taking or are interested in using complementary therapies to manage symptoms of menopause. It covers complementary and alternative medicines, supplements, lifestyle changes, and complementary modalities so that healthcare professionals can provide evidence-based recommendations.

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This course provides healthcare professionals with knowledge about top-selling herbal supplements including apple cider vinegar, ashwagandha, echinacea, elderberry, and turmeric, enabling them to provide evidence-based recommendations and appropriate safety warnings to patients.

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This course provides healthcare professionals with knowledge to increase their understanding of acupoint and acupressure therapies, including acupuncture, moxibustion, acupressure, and transcutaneous electrical acustimulation (TEAS), so they can provide evidence-based recommendations on the use of these treatments.

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Dietary supplement use is increasingly common. In addition to their use for the management of medical conditions, dietary supplements are often misused or abused for recreation, body image concerns, athletic performance, and mood enhancement. Healthcare professionals should be well informed about these commonly abused supplements so that they can understand what they are and how they work and provide adequate safety warnings.

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This course introduces movement therapy as a treatment option for practitioners to incorporate into clinical work with clients. It explains how basic movement strategies and dance can be used in psychotherapy, with special attention to trauma processing. The course surveys pioneers in Western psychology, presents dance and movement therapy as specific disciplines, and provides clinicians with practical movement-related techniques to use alongside existing clinical training.

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An overview of Web 2.0 and how it is used in the health, social work, and mental health fields, referred to as Health 2.0. The course explores how Health 2.0 affects access to health information and clients' healthcare decisions, including internet health information seeking patterns and practitioners' and clients' perceptions of the Internet as a source of health information.