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Psychotherapeutic Techniques With Older Adults Part 2: Mental Health Services With Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment

This training will outline different types of cognitive impairment often found among older adults. Given a common understanding that mental health services for persons with “dementia” or cognitive impairment cannot be billed for, the presenter will describe Medi-Cal regulations regarding insurance billing for mental health services for persons with cognitive impairment who also have a co-occurring mental illness. This presentation will describe common emotional and other internal experiences of persons with cognitive impairment. There will be a discussion of psychotherapeutic and other mental health interventions ...

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 Added on 3/8/2023
Psychotherapeutic Techniques With Older Adults Part 3: Psychotherapeutic Services for Older Adults With Psychotic Disorders

Older adults exhibit psychotic symptoms for many different reasons. Treatment may require medical and psychiatric intervention, family support, linkages to community services, and more. The role of psychotherapy with older adults that experience psychosis has received little attention. This presentation will describe a psychotherapeutic approach to treating older adults with psychotic symptoms based on the literature and the presenter's clinical experience. The approach includes outreach to identify individuals in need of help; clinical engagement to develop a working relationship, linkage with needed services, and helping ...

 Virtual Training
 Added on 3/8/2023
Added on 3/8/2023