Therapy Tidbits – Fall 2019

Therapy Tidbits – Fall 2019 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Fall 2019 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:

New Lawsuit Revives Issue of Duty to Warn – Reminds practitioners of their Duty to Warn of potential threatening behavior from patients and recommends keeping up to date with specific state laws.

Increases Anticipated Next Year for Assisting Medical Patients - Provides the history behind, and an explanation of, the proposed changes to the Health and Behavior (H&B) CPT codes in January 2020.

PSYPACT Soon to be Operational - An overview of PSYPACT and proposed timeline for its authorization.

Calling out Microaggressions: An Ethical Obligation - Provides an example of microagression and suggests a structured, easy to remember, strategy for intervention.

Practitioners can Help Latino Community - Offers strategies (including education, CBT, and creating support groups) to help members of the Latino Community.

Social Factors Outweigh Treatment in Health Outcomes – Provides an overview of the ways in which healthcare providers collect data on the Social Determinants of Health and how they affect a person’s well-being.

Urinary Tract Infection Can Cause Misdiagnoses in Elderly - Describes the complexities of, and offers advice for, diagnosing a UTI in the elderly.

What Kind of Liability Insurance is Best? - Discusses the difference between an Occurrence insurance policy and a Claims-Made policy.

ECPs in Rural Areas Face Challenges- Lists the challenges faced by early-career psychologists practicing in rural areas and offers suggestions for managing them.

Course #11-34 | 2019 | 18 pages | 10 posttest questions