When Silence is Loud: Depression and Adults

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*Registration payment includes Credit Cards and Interfund Transfers ONLY.

Target Audience

Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.

Description

This informative and interactive workshop will provide participants with the necessary information and interventions to learn about and utilize adequate self-care and general care for adults experiencing depression. Utilizing case examples, participants will increase an awareness of the effects of depression in adults, so as to recognize the symptoms and provide interventions to reduce and manage depression symptoms.

Speaker
Audrina Jones Bunton, MA, LPC
Intensive In-Home Specialist and Outpatient Therapist
Task Supervisor, UNC School of Social Work

This program is being offered in association with the University of North Carolina, School of Social Work's AHEC Training Partnership.

Charlotte AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5096. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Charlotte AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

Objectives

• Explain the effects of depression in adults;
• List the various symptoms displayed by individuals experiencing depression;
• Outline interventions to minimize and manage depressive symptoms.

Contact

Gabriela Staley MEd, 704-512-6523

Sessions