Psychotropic Medications

This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of psychotropic medications by exploring their function, significance, and challenges, recognizing their indications, usages, and potential side effects, understanding medication warnings, learning strategies that enhance medication adherence through shared decision-making, and more.

COURSE HOURS: 3.0

AUDIENCE: Assisted Living Staff, House Managers, Administrators

OBJECTIVES: 

• Explore psychotropic medications concerning their function, significance, and challenges in the treatment of mental health
• Recognize the indications, usages, and potential side effects of common categories of psychotropic medications
• Distinguish the importance of medication warnings
• Identify strategies that enhance medication adherence through shared decision-making, resident empowerment, enhance self-efficacy, and improve health literacy