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ACCP 2009 Optimizing Pharmacotherapy in Depressive Patients w/Residual Symptoms


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Program Director
Patrick R. Finley, PharmD, BCPP Professor of Clinical Pharmacy University of California, San Francisco San Franciso, California
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To Receive A Certificate
Review the material in the Course Presentations section.
Complete the CME Posttest with a score of 7 out of 10 questions correct.
You will then be asked to register and complete a brief course evaluation.
A certificate will be automatically generated for you online.
Course Description
Despite the multitude of antidepressant options available, most depressed patients fail to achieve remission even with adequate antidepressant monotherapy. Treatment-resistant depression continues to be a major and increasing healthcare burden. What is the role of the clinical pharmacist in guiding depression treatment? Treatment strategies should be evidence-based and tailored to the individual patient through the systematic measurement of symptom resolution, adverse effects, and patient functioning. Clinical pharmacists are influential in promoting safe and effective pharmaceutical care. Using their extensive knowledge of pharmacotherapeutic options along with the most recent evidence-based clinical treatment guidelines, pharmacists are able to identify, recommend, and monitor various pharmacotherapeutic strategies to optimize patient outcomes in treatment-resistant depression.
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Course Objectives
After participating in this activity, the participant will be able to:
  • Describe current approaches to optimize remission from depression;
  • Discuss the evidence and rationale for switching versus augmentation/combined therapy approaches;
  • Implement a pharmaceutical care plan in the monitoring and management of potential medication-related adverse toxicities;
  • Discuss the role of the pharmacist in the mutidisciplinary collaborative approach to improving care of patients with depression.
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Target Audience
This CE activity is intended for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who have an interest in identifying and managing psychiatric patients with treatment resistant depression.
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Accreditation
acpe logo The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The ACPE provider number is 0447-9999-09-084-H04-P. To receive 2 contact hours of continuing education credit, 0.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), pharmacists need to complete the activity requirements at the conclusion of the activity.
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Term of Approval
Release Date: November 1, 20009
Expiration Date: November 1. 2010
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Support
Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
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