Prescribing for Separation Anxiety
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC
Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC
Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC (IAABC) is the owner and lead clinician at the Animal Behavior Clinic in Portland, OR. He received his veterinary degree from the University of MN in 2002 and became board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists in 2010. He has operated house-call, office-based, and telemedicine-focused behavior practices. Dr. Pachel lectures worldwide, teaches courses at multiple veterinary schools and has authored articles and book chapters on topics such as Intercat aggression, Behavioral Euthanasia, and Pet selection for animal-assisted therapy. He is a sought-after expert witness for legal animal behavior cases and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for dvm360. Dr. Pachel is a Vice President of Veterinary Behavior for Instinct Dog Behavior and Training and co-owner of Instinct Portland. Dr. Pachel hosts Doc Talks, a monthly online webinar series that explores veterinary behavior cases in depth with veterinarians, behavior consultants and trainers, and animal caregivers. He is also a co-founder of LIMA beings, an online community of people who seek to apply the power of communication and learning principles to our interactions with others, shaping human behavior in compassionate and effective ways.
Overview:
This presentation will use clinical cases to walk participants through the process of deciding whether medication use is appropriate for behavior cases and how to make educated decisions between options. In addition to the use of single pharmaceuticals such as fluoxetine and alprazolam, other treatments such as nutritional therapy, supplement use, herbal therapies, and combination therapies will be discussed as time allows.”
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the various categories of medication available for behavioral treatment
- Develop a structured decision making process for behavioral prescribing
- Decide between medications of a specific class based on therapeutic benefits and side effects
- Learn how to effectively trial situational medications
- Recognize options for transitioning between maintenance medications
This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.
