Update your knowledge with the latest advances in Diagnosis and Psychiatric Treatment of Anxiety-Related Disorders with a high-quality program, fully compatible with your professional and working life”

Anxiety-related disorders are sometimes unwittingly considered "second tier" when compared to others such as bipolar disorder or psychotic spectrum disorders that used to constitute what was called heavy psychiatry. Add to that other disorders that are being heavily researched, such as attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and borderline disorder; only obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder, would be close to a first line of intervention.

The reality is that, without entering into comparisons of severity, which would be out of the scientific context, a significant amount of these disorders are more frequent and therefore a greater number of people are affected.

It is considered that lately there is a certain tendency, even in psychiatrists, to focus psychotherapeutic and sometimes pharmacological treatments on mitigating anxiety or its symptomatological equivalents. This approach is losing sight of the fact that the fundamental issue is to treat nosological entities. It is possible that it may be influenced by the rapid satisfaction of the patient when they perceive that their symptoms are improving.

Another important aspect is that in these disorders, the population tends to link the psychiatrist with drugs or other biological treatments, and psychotherapy with other mental health professions, so it is an important task of the psychiatric profession to show the user that the psychiatrist can, and should, perform psychotherapeutic treatments.

This program includes the latest updates on differential diagnosis, clinical and therapeutic management of anxiety-related disorders. It presents a theoretical and practical learning system based on theoretical models and clinical cases, to facilitate learning and clinical application.

With this professional master’s degree, you will be able to combine a high-intensity program with your professional and personal life, achieving your goals in a simple and real way”

This professional master’s degree in Diagnosis and Psychiatric Treatment of Anxiety-Related Disorders contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• Intensely visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents, easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program

A highly qualified program that will allow you to act with solvency from the moment of diagnosis to the treatment programming and its development”

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. In this way, TECH ensures to offer you the updating objective it intends. A multidisciplinary team of professionals, specialized and experienced in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but above all, they will bring their practical knowledge from their own experience to the program: one of the differential qualities of this program.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological designof this professional master’s degree in Diagnosis and Psychiatric Treatment of Anxiety-Related Disorders. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in your training.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that views learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, TECH will use telepractice: with the help of an innovative interactive video system and Learning from an Expert, the professional will be able to acquire the knowledge as if they were facing the scenario they are learning at that moment. A concept that will allow students to integrate and memorize what they have learnt in a more realistic and permanent way.

The learning in this professional master’s degree is developed through the most performed teaching methods in online teaching to guarantee that your efforts produce the best results possible” 

A specialization created and directed by professional experts in Psychiatry, Psychology and Anxiety Disorders, which make this program a unique opportunity for professional growth” 

The objective of this specialization is to provide psychiatric professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform their activity in the treatment of anxiety disorders and those associated with them. Through a work approach that is fully adaptable to the student, this professional master’s degree will progressively lead them to acquire the skills that will propel them towards a much higher professional level.

Incorporate the knowledge and approaches related to Anxiety Treatment into your skills and offer your patients a much more comprehensive and holistic care”

General Objectives

• Know the evolution of the concept of anxiety over time
• Identify the different anxiety-related disorders and their clinical manifestations
• Understand the etiopathogenic factors of anxiety-related disorders
• Master the different therapeutic approaches in anxiety-related disorders (pharmacological, psychotherapeutic and social)

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Introduction to Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment

• Differentiate between pathological and adaptive anxiety
• Identify the clinical pictures of anxiety
• Locate anxiety-related disorders in the DSM-V and ICD-10 classification
• Know the most relevant epidemiological aspects of anxiety-related disorders
• Enable the student to master the biological etiopathogenic factors that influence anxiety, including its evolutionary perspective
• Enable the student to master the psychological etiopathogenic factors of anxiety, both from a dynamic and cognitive-behavioral perspective
• Master the psychiatric functions in the treatment of anxiety from a pharmacological perspective and to know the most relevant pharmacological treatments
• Master the psychiatric functions in the treatment of anxiety from a psychotherapeutic perspective and to know the most relevant psychotherapeutic treatments
• Master the psychiatric functions in the treatment of anxiety from a social perspective

Module 2. Distress Disorder

• Perform a correct medical history of anxiety disorders
• Perform a correct psychopathological examination in anxiety disorders
• Know the relevant and pertinent medical tests for a correct differential diagnosis of anxiety disorders
• Identify the most common organic pathologies for a correct differential diagnosis of anxiety disorders
• Identify the most common and the less prevalent diagnostic courses
• Know the risk factors for a better or worse prognosis of distress disorders
• Master the pharmacological treatments indicated in the treatment of anxiety disorders, as well as the different therapeutic steps and their indication, contraindication and use
• Master the different psychotherapeutic interventions in anxiety disorders and their indication, contraindication and use
• Master the different social interventions in distress disorders and their indication, contraindication and use

Module 3. Agoraphobia

• Ascertain a correct medical history of agoraphobic symptoms
• Perform a correct psychopathological examination in agoraphobia
• Know the relevant and pertinent medical tests for a correct differential diagnosis of agoraphobia
• Identify the most common organic pathologies for a correct differential diagnosis of agoraphobia
• Identify the most common and the less prevalent diagnostic courses
• Know the risk factors for a better or worse prognosis in agoraphobia
• Master the pharmacological treatments indicated in the treatment of agoraphobia, as well as the different therapeutic steps and the indication, contraindication and of their use
• Master the different psychotherapeutic interventions in Agoraphobia and their indication, contraindication and use
• Master the different social interventions in agoraphobia and their indication, contraindication and use

Module 4. Social Anxiety Disorder

• Enable the student to evaluate the patient's behavior in the face of the diagnosis
• Enable the student to assess the intensity of the phobia and to take it into account as an evolutionary prediction
• Emphasize the exploration of the previous personality (traits and/or disorders), before starting the treatments
• Clarify the "myth" about the non-existence of specific psychotropic drugs
• Be able to decide on the degree of impact on quality of life when choosing a psychotherapeutic treatment
• If sick leave is indicated, predict its duration in order to avoid "gain" phenomena
• Promote coordination with the social worker in view of the impact on quality of life

Module 5. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Know in depth the multiple etiologies of generalized anxiety disorder
• Have the ability to help the patient to know what is and what is not anxiety
• Enable the student to enhance retrospective observation in the interview
• Enable the student to perform complementary psychological examinations and to request (if necessary) interconsultations
• Have the capacity of evolutionary and prognostic prediction
• Have the ability to convince the patient that in most cases drugs should be complemented with psychotherapy
• Enable the student to detect fulminant pseudo-improvements that incite the patient to therapeutic "abandonment"
• Have the ability to discriminate among the treatments to be performed by those (e.g., relaxation techniques), those that can also be performed by other mental health professionals

Module 6. Specific Phobias

• Rule out organic causes by requesting tests and/or interconsultations to other specialists
• Enable the student to reach a nosological diagnosis through symptoms, signs and explorations
• Delimit specific phobias from agoraphobia and other psychiatric disorders
• Enable the student to "visualize" the most probable evolution and prognosis
• Know and manage pharmacological treatment (if indicated)
• Know and manage psychotherapeutic treatments in order of evidence/efficacy/effectiveness
• Coordinate the bio-psychosocial treatments
• Know the specific names of the most frequent specific phobias

Module 7. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Link the symptoms and signs with the possible causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Perform the necessary complementary tests
• Request interconsultations if organic etiology is suspected
• Implement the student's skills in differential diagnosis
• Enable the student to "visualize" the possible evolution and prognosis
• Know the biological and non-pharmacological treatments in resistant cases
• Delimit which psychotherapies give better results
• Manage the relationship with the patient, according to the frequent chronicity
• Enable the student to play the role of "responsible physician", since the treatment is multidisciplinary

Module 8. Acute Stress Disorder

• Ascertain a correct medical history in acute stress disorder symptoms
• Perform a correct psychopathological examination of the symptoms of acute stress disorder
• Know the relevant and pertinent medical tests for a correct differential diagnosis of acute stress disorder and an adequate organic screening
• Identify the most common organic pathologies for a proper differential diagnosis of acute stress disorder
• Identify the most common and less prevalent diagnostic courses, as well as the factors that influence the evolution and prognosis of acute stress disorder
• Master the pharmacological treatments indicated in the treatment of acute stress disorder, as well as the different therapeutic steps and their indication, contraindication and use
• Master the different psychotherapeutic interventions in acute stress disorder and their indication, contraindication and use
• Master the different social interventions in acute stress disorder and their indication, contraindication and use

Module 9. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Perform a correct medical history of the symptoms of traumatic stress disorder
• Perform a correct psychopathological examination of the symptoms of PTSD
• Know the relevant and pertinent medical tests for a correct differential diagnosis of PTSD and an adequate organic screening
• Identify the most common organic pathologies for a proper differential diagnosis of PTSD
• Identify the most common and less prevalent diagnostic courses, as well as the factors that influence the evolution and prognosis of post-traumatic stress disorder
• Master the pharmacological treatments indicated in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as the different therapeutic steps and their indication, contraindication and use
• Master the different psychotherapeutic interventions in traumatic stress disorder and their indication, contraindication and use
• Master the different social interventions in traumatic stress disorder and their indication, contraindication and use

Module 10. Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Special Populations

• Enable the student to detect the presence of anxiety in childhood and adolescence
• Prepare the student to detect the presence of anxiety in the elderly
• Implement the learner's skills in interviewing patients and family members
• Prepare the student to diagnose and treat disorders that appear exclusively in childhood and adolescence
• Prepare the student in the screening of organic etiology in the elderly
• Manage psychotropic drugs, especially incompatibilities and interactions
• Qualify the student for the specific management of psychotherapy in the elderly
• Equip the student with the ability to coordinate with physicians who treat (if any) organic reproductive diseases
  
  

A boost to your CV which will give you the competitiveness of the best  prepared professionals in the labor market”