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Psychiatric Disorders and Use of Self-Medication in an Effort to Cope — Lana Manatrizio

Andy Knight

Lana’s presentation will includes:

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  • A brief synopsis of the most common psychiatric diagnosis (depression/anxiety, bipolar and psychotic disorders) and general treatment of such. 

  • Personality disorders, social stressors and substance abuse and how these confound and complicate mental health issues. 

  • The ways various substances are used to medicate symptoms of mental health issues, triggers for use and development of addiction.

  • Available treatment, use of coping skills and available community supports.

Lana Manatrizio has an MA in clinical psychology and an MBA in healthcare management. She has been in the field of mental health for 30 years, working as a therapist in Florida, then as a supervisor at a therapeutic foster care program at Hillside Hospital in Atlanta, for the past seven years she has been at Ridgeview Institute initially as a program therapist and for the past three years as a recovering professional’s program coordinator.  She lives in Cobb County and have three kids ages 16-21.