PMHNP certification

Psychopharmacology, monitoring and the adverse effects that get tested.

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Psychopharmacology

SSRIs and SNRIs: choosing, adverse effects and recognizing serotonin syndrome

First-line antidepressant choice, the adverse effects that come up on the exam, and how to tell serotonin syndrome from its look-alikes.

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Antipsychotics: metabolic monitoring, movement disorders and NMS

What to check before and during treatment, how to tell the movement disorders apart, and the emergency you cannot miss.

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Mood disorders

Lithium: levels, toxicity, interactions and monitoring

The target levels, how to time the blood draw, the signs of early and severe toxicity, the drugs that raise the level, and the long-term monitoring.

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Substance use disorders

Alcohol withdrawal: timeline, scoring and benzodiazepine choice

When each stage appears, how symptom-triggered treatment works with the CIWA scale, which benzodiazepine fits which patient, and why thiamine comes before glucose.

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Psychiatric emergencies

Suicide risk assessment and safety planning

A structured approach to ideation, intent, plan and means, the risk and protective factors, level-of-care decisions, and what a safety plan contains.