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Premiere Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2006

This activity offers CE credit for:

1. Physicians (ACCME/AMA PRA Category 1)
2. Nurses (CNE)
3. Pharmacists (ACPE)
4. Psychologists (APA)
5. Social Workers (NASW)
6. Certified Case Managers (CCMC)

All other clinicians will either receive a CME Attendance Certificate or may choose any of the types of CE credit being offered.
Credit Expiration Date:
Thursday, October 11, 2007

Faculty

MODERATOR: Prakash S. Masand, MD Consulting Professor of Psychiatry Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC

Sheldon H. Preskorn, MD President and Chief Executive Officer Clinical Research Institute Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Wichita, KS

John P. Docherty, MD Chief Executive Officer and President Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc. Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry Cornell University New York, NY

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Statement of Need

With more treatment options available for severe and persistent mental illness than ever before, clinicians can use pharmacologic differences between antipsychotic medications to target treatment to individual patients’ needs. However, expanded options have increased the complexity of clinical decisions. Clinicians need to match medication choices with short- and long-term goals, prioritize pharmacologic management of target symptoms, and minimize side effects and long-term medical complications. Data from clinical trials, while very important, are not sufficient to resolve all the treatment questions clinicians face. Because clinical trials are basically population studies with results reflecting averages from groups of patients, they provide limited guidance concerning individual patients.(1) Patients in clinical trials may also not be representative of those seen in real-world clinical practice, many of whom would not have met entrance criteria for clinical trials of drugs they are receiving.(2) Improved understanding of antipsychotic pharmacology (efficacy and safety data, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics) can help psychiatrists apply clinical trial data to real-world clinical situations. Expert Knowledge Systems recently surveyed experts in antipsychotic pharmacology. Results of this survey along with empirical data from clinical trials and other sources were used to develop “Roadmap” recommendations to help clinicians achieve the best outcomes in treating patients with psychotic disorders. This CME Outfitters/psychCME TV activity presents highlights from the Roadmap recommendations and discusses how specialists in the treatment of severe mental illness can integrate and prioritize pharmacologic information to achieve treatment goals for individual patients.

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1. Preskorn SH. Relating clinical trials to psychiatric practice: part II: the gap between the usual patient in registration trials and in practice. J Psychiatr Pract 2003;9:455-461.
2. Zarin DA, Young JL, West JC. Challenges to evidence-based medicine: a comparison of patients and treatments in randomized controlled trials with patients and treatments in a practice research network. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2005;40:27-35.

Activity Goal

To provide current and clinically relevant data about pharmacotherapy options to help patients with psychotic disorders progress toward recovery and live a full and productive life.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:

• Contrast the pharmacologic profiles (efficacy, side effects, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics) of the different antipsychotics.
• Identify the most appropriate antipsychotics based on characteristics of individual patients.
• Apply knowledge of pharmacology and patient characteristics to provide individualized treatment for psychosis in common clinical situations.

Target Audience

Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, social workers, certified case managers, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals with an interest in mental health.

Financial Support

CME Outfitters, LLC, gratefully acknowledges an educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., in support of this CE activity.

Credit Information

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, LLC, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note to Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA Category I CME credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.

CNE Credit (Nurses):
This Educational Activity is presented by CME Outfitters, LLC, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

It has been assigned code 5UYSJZ-PRV-04101. 1.0 contact hour (Pharmacology)

CEP Credit (Psychologists):
CME Outfitters is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CME Outfitters maintains responsibility for this program and its content. (1.0 CE credits)

NASW Credit (Social Workers):
This program was approved by the National Association of Social Workers (provider #886407722) for 1 continuing education contact hour.

CCMC Credit (Certified Case Managers):
This program has been approved for 1 hour 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. 1.0 contact hours (0.1 CEUs)
Universal Program Number: 376-999-06-017-L01 (live presentation) 376-999-06-017-H01 (recorded programs)

To receive credit, participants must review all activity materials in their entirety, score 70% or above on a post-test, and fully complete and return both the credit request form and activity evaluation. A certificate or statement of credit will be mailed within 4-6 weeks to all who successfully complete these requirements.

Joint Sponsorship Acknowledgement

CME Outfitters gratefully acknowledges the contributions of Expert Knowledge Systems, an educational division of Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc., as its joint sponsor for this continuing education activity.

Questions about this CE activity? Call us at 877.CME.PROS (877.263.7767).

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