Implementing Informed Treatment Options in Antipsychotic Therapy
neuroscienceCME Live and On Demand
Premiere Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012This activity offers CE credit for:
- Physicians (CME)
- Nurses (CNE)
- Social Workers (NASW)
- Certified Case Managers (CCMC)
- Pharmacists (ACPE)
- Other
All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Credit Expiration Date:
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Note: Credit Is No Longer Available
 | John W. Newcomer, MD (Moderator) Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research Leonard M. Miller Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine University of Miami Miami, FL |
 | John M. Kane, MD Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health Services, Northwell Health New Hyde Park, NY Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Zucker Hillside Hospital Glen Oaks, NY Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Hempstead, NY |
 | Herbert Y. Meltzer, MD Professor, Psychiatry and Physiology Director, Translational Neuropharmacology Program Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL Director, Schizophrenia Research Program Centerstone Mental Health System Nashville, TN |
Bridging the science-to-service gap in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia means educating clinicians about the advances in clinical management of these patients. If clinicians are to make informed medication choices for their patients, clinicians need to embrace the science of receptors and understand various receptor profiles. This understanding translates into useful knowledge regarding the negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia. This knowledge also informs the pharmacotherapy, with a watchful eye for adverse events and possible metabolic issues.(1) Viewing the treatment of individuals with schizophrenia in a broader context of multimodal care that includes pharmacology, family involvement, cognitive and psychosocial education can make a significant difference in the quality of life of these patients.(2)
This neuroscienceCME Live and On Demand program will demonstrate to clinicians that there is an array of informed pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment options in the management of individuals with schizophrenia.
- Cutler A, Ball S, Stahl SM. Dosing atypical antipsychotics. CNS Spectr. 2008;13(5 Suppl 9):1-16. PMID: 18496483.
- Kern RS, Glynn SM, Horan WP, Marder SR. Psychosocial treatments to promote functional recovery in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2009;35(2):347-361. PMID: 19176470.
The goal of this activity is to bring the latest science into clinical practice to assist practitioners in exploring treatment options while making informed choices for individuals with schizophrenia.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
- Evaluate currently approved antipsychotic agents by contrasting differences in their pharmacologic mechanisms and associated therapeutic and side effects.
- Analyze the current evidence and approaches to antipsychotic switch strategies, evaluate patients who may be appropriate candidates for switching, and implement these strategies as part of an overall individualized treatment plan.
- Integrate best practices that include family involvement and psychoeducation as part of an individualized, multimodal treatment strategy for persons with schizophrenia.
The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or CPE credit:
- Review the currently approved antipsychotic agents and the symptoms that they target and common side effects.
- Describe the need for switch strategies with antipsychotic medications.
- Define the elements of a multimodal treatment strategy for patients with schizophrenia.
Supported by an educational grant from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Primary Target Audience: Psychiatrists, primary care physicians
Secondary Target Audience: Physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers and certified case managers
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Outfitters designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE Credit (Nurses):
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15510, for 1.5 contact hours.
NASW Credit (Social Workers):
This program was approved by the National Association of Social Workers (provider #886407722) for 1.5 continuing education contact hour.
CCMC Credit (Certified Case Managers):
This program has been approved for 1.5 hours by the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC).
CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs)
Universal Activity Number: 0376-0000-12-006-L01-P (live programs)
0376-0000-12-006-H01-P (recorded programs)
Activity Type: knowledge-based
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Dr. Newcomer has disclosed that he has received research grants from the National Institutes of Mental Health; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. He serves as a Consultant/Data Safety Monitoring Committee for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals; BioVail Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Consultant to Litigation; Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co, Ltd.; H. Lundbeck A/S; Obecure Ltd; Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Merck & Col., Inc.; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA; VIVUS Inc.; Inc. He receives royalties, patents or other income from Jones and Barlett Publishing.
Dr. Kane has disclosed that he serves on the speakers bureau of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Company; Merck & Co., Inc.; and Otsuka Ameria, Inc. He serves as a consultant for Alkermes; Amgen Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Cephalon, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Lundbeck; Intracellular Therapies, Inc.; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.; Merck & Co.; Novartis Corporation; Otsuka America, Inc.; Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Roche; and Sunovion. He is a shareholder of MedAvante Inc.
Dr. Meltzer has disclosured that he has received research grants from BioLineRx; Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co, Ltd.; Sunovion Pharmaceuticals; Janssen Pharmaceuticals; Otsuka America Inc. He serves as a consultant for Acadia; Alkermes; Amgen Inc.; BioLineRx; Lunbeck; Merck; Novartis Pharmaceuticals; Jazz Pharmaceuticals; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA. He is a stockholder in Acadia and GlaxoSmithKline.
Nancy Jennings, MSN, MBA, MHA, RNC (content/peer reviewer) has no disclosures to report.
Ruth Cody, BSN, RN-BC (content/peer reviewer) has no disclosures to report.
Robert Kennedy (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Joy Bartnett Leffler, MLA, NASW, CSE (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Sharon Tordoff, CCMEP (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Sandra Haas Binford, MAEd (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
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