Update your knowledge with the latest advances in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Agoraphobia and Other Specific Disorders with a high-quality postgraduate diploma 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. If we add to that other disorders that are under investigation, such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) and Borderline Disorder, only Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 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 large part 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.

Thispostgraduate diploma 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.

It also presents the theoretical aspects from the presentation of clinical cases by professionals in the field of psychiatry, which facilitates learning in a simple and educational way.

It favors learning through the elaboration of theoretical-practical models that facilitate the integration of the clinical aspects of psychiatry. that facilitate the integration of clinical and therapeutic  aspects.

With this postgraduate diploma you will be able to combine high intensity qualification with your personal and professional life, achieving your goals in a simple and real way”

This postgraduate diploma in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Agoraphobia and Other Specific Phobias contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are 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 course

 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 fields, who will develop the theoretical knowledge efficiently, but, above all, will put at the service of the program the practical knowledge derived from their own experience: 
One of the differential qualities of this program.

This mastery of the subject matter is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this postgraduate diploma in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Agoraphobia and Other Specific Phobias. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. This way, , you will study with a range of easy-to-use and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the necessary skills you need for your qualification. 

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 you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were facing the scenario you are learning at that moment. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

The learning in this postgraduate diplomais developed through the most developed didactic methods in online teaching to guarantee that your efforts produce the best results possible"

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: “learning from an expert”

The objective of this program 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 study plan totally adapted to the student, this Postgraduate Certificate will progressively allow you to acquire the skills that will push you towards a much higher professional level.

Incorporate knowledge and approaches related to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Agoraphobia and Other Specific Phobias with 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. Agoraphobia

• Perform a correct medica 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 2. 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 3. 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

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