Psychiatric Technician III
This is the third course in a series of three semesters designed to prepare the student for eligibility for licensure as a Psychiatric Technician in the State of California. Includes role of psychiatric technician, psychopharmacology, mental health nursing I and II, Management of Assaultive Behaviors, clients' rights, psychophysiological, neurotic, and psychotic disorders, group therapy, crisis intervention, substance abuse, domestic violence, and leadership/supervision.
Instructors
- Robert Millay RN, MSN Ed
- Cecil Kirkpatrick, RN
- Joel Williams, RN
- Jayzle Robinson-Piga, PT
- Antianxiety & Antimanic Drugs Handout
- Antidepressants Handout
- Antiparkinsons Agents Handout
- Antipsychotic Drugs Handout
- Anxiety Disorders Handout
- Psychopharmacology Handout
- Introduction to Psychotropic Drugs
- Chapter 1 Handout- Mental Health and Mental Illness
- Chapter 4 Handout- Settings for Psychiatric Care
- Chapter 5 Handout- Cultural Implications
- Chapter 6 Handout- Legal and Ethical Considerations
- Chapter 8 Handout - Therapeutic Relationships
- Chapter 9 Handout- Communication
- Chapter 10 Handout- Stress Response & Stress Management
- Chapter 11 Handout- Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Chapter 12 Handout- Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- Chapter 13 Handout- Bipolar and Related Disorders
- Chapter 14 Handout- Depressive Disorders
- Chapter 15 Handout- Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Related Disorders
- Chapter 16 Handout- Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders
- Chapter 17 Handout- Somatic Symptom Disorders
- Chapter 18 Handout- Feeding, Eating & Elimination Disorders
- Chapter 20 Handout- Sexual Disorders
- Chapter 21 Handout- Impulse Control Disorders
- Chapter 22 Handout- Substance Abuse
- Chapter 25 Handout- Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
- Chapter 26 Handout- Crisis and Disaster
- Chapter 27 Handout - Anger, Agression and Violence
- Chapter 28 Handout- Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Abuse
- Chapter 29 Handout- Sexual Assualt
- Chapter 31 Handout- Older Adult
- Chapter 32 Handout- Serious Mental Illness