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Activity Dates: 04/24/2022 - 04/24/2025

Session Time and Location

The live session is complete.

Target Audience

If you are a pharmacist, nurse practitioner, or other health care professional involved in the comprehensive medication management of individuals living with mental health and/or substance use disorders, we invite you to participate in this online course.

Session Summary

For ethical reasons, the safety profiles of psychotropic medications are not scrutinized with randomized clinical trials. Instead, safety data is derived from observational studies, which are susceptible to multiple sources of confounding and bias. While these concerns can be addressed by thoughtful research design and implementation, flawed studies continue to be published. Best practices regarding the use of psychotropic medications during pregnancy depend upon a critical reading of the available literature.

Course Requirements

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  • Review the full content of the activity and reflect upon its teachings.
  • Complete the post-test at the end of the activity no later than the closing activity date.
  • Complete the evaluation at the end of the activity.
  • If necessary, complete the post-test retest no later than the closing activity date.
  • Receive a passing grade (70%).
  • Provide the necessary details in your profile to ensure correct reporting by AAPP to CPE Monitor.
Upon successful completion, ACPE credit is reported within 24 hours to CPE Monitor although transcripts can be retrieved by participants online in their ACPE Transcript.

Faculty Information

Jeffrey Newport, MD, MS, MDiv

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Learning Objectives

  1. Critique commonly used resources for psychotropic reproductive safety information.
  2. Recognize the pros and cons of alternative research designs used in reproductive safety studies.
  3. Define strategies to manage confounding in reproductive safety research.
  4. Identify sources of bias and approaches to address bias in reproductive safety studies.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Dates: 04/24/2022 - 04/24/2025
ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-22-055-H01-P (Knowledge)
Nursing Credit Reminder: Note that ACPE credit is accepted for ANCC Certification Renewal and AANPCB advanced practice provider content. For specific questions related to your organization's acceptance of ACPE continuing education units, please contact your organization directly.

ACPEThe College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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