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PTS04 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Trauma, Pain and Medication (inactive)
Trauma, the Brain, and Medication
Course Objective
This program provides clinicians with the opportunity to learn about:
• Posttraumatic stress disorder of persistent re-experiencing of the original traumatic event.
• Trauma and the amygdalae 
• Reducing the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Intended Audience
Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Therapists
Author Bio
ANTHONY D’AGOSTINO, MD - For the last 30 years, Anthony M. D’Agostino, MD, has been Chair of the Department of Psychiatry of the Alexian Brothers Hospital, now in Hoffman Estates, IL. He has been a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Loyola University Medical School in Illinois since 1972, and is a past President of the Illinois Psychiatric Society, where he has been active on various committees of that organization over the years, including Ethics and Insurance. He served on the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Assn from 1996 to 2002.
Dr. D’Agostino was in the military as a psychiatrist during the Viet Nam War. The Alexian Brothers Hospital is soon to be working with Dept. of Defense for issues related to returning veterans.
In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he is in the private practice of adult and child psychiatry.
Certificates
ASWB ASWB
NBCC NBCC

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