Sexual Health & Mental Health Medications

Workshop Description:

 Sexual health, mental health and medications - are you having these essential conversations with your patients?

To begin with, many of us don't talk about the sexual implications of psychiatric conditions with our patients.  Yet the impact of psych conditions on patient sex lives can often be a reason that they come into care.  

Then there is the potential impact of medication: psychiatric medications can increase or dysregulated sexual performance - a leading cause for medication reluctance or discontinuation.  

The elephant in the room, however, is that many health conditions and many other types of medications can cause sexual dysfunction — and mental health issues (or psychotropics) may not be the culprits at all.  

Join Soleil Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Tony Amberg to find out more about the intersection of sexual health, mental health and medications.  Our discussion will help you engage in the conversations that patients are afraid to have about their sex lives, and clarify whom they should engage for help to make things better.  

Course Objectives:

• Learners will be able to identify three psychiatric conditions that contribute to sexual dysfunction and three non-psychiatric medical conditions that also contribute to sexual dysfunction.  
• Learners will be able to identify three classes of medication that cause sexual dysfunction.  
• Learners will be able to identify two ways of reducing the risk of sexual dysfunction from medication. 

Audience:

• Professional Counselors
• Social Workers
• Subtance Use Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Psychologists

Date and Time:

• Friday, March 8th, 2024: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM CST

Location:

1700 W Irving Park Rd, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60613
Virtual option available. The link will be emailed before the workshop date.

Presenters:

Alan "Tony" Amberg APRN PMHNP-BC

Alan is an award-winning Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in private practice in Chicago.  A previous President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Tony is active as a speaker in conferences and online streaming content.  Tony trained at Rush, and has worked in psychiatry for Northwestern Medicine and Rush, as well as in community mental health.

Continuing Education Hours:

This program is recognized as providing 2.0 CE Hours for:
• LPC/LCPC (IDFPR license # 197.000360)
• LSW/LCSW (IDFPR license # 159.001584)
• Licensed Psychologist (IDFPR license # 268.000146)

Refund Policy: Soleil will provide a 50% refund for cancellation received at least two weeks prior to the workshop