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The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown of Psychotropic Stewardship Implementation: A Focus on Antipsychotics

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Activity Dates: 04/08/2024 - 04/08/2027

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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

There has been an increase in patient access to care, medication related outcomes, adherence, and medication safety with the integration of psychiatric pharmacists into mental health hospitals and clinics. However, psychotropic stewardship programs would play a key role in the advancement of psychiatric pharmacy practice and there is not yet a national model for healthcare systems, psychiatry services, or pharmacists to implement these programs. Practical experience with how to how to set up psychotropic stewardship in general practice is also lacking. The ideal scenario is ensuring every patient with a mental health diagnosis receiving a psychotropic medication has their medications reviewed, optimized, and/or managed by a psychiatric pharmacist. Patients taking antipsychotics are at high risk for adverse effects and polypharmacy, so the focus of this session is on implementation of psychotropic stewardship programs for antipsychotics. The role of the psychiatric pharmacist and methods for overcoming barriers to implementing these programs will also be discussed.

Consider making this session part of your BPS Continuing Professional Development plan! Please refer to the BPS Psychiatric Pharmacy Content Outline to see how this activity may align.

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

Chelsea Di Polito, PharmD, BCPP

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Learning Objectives

  1. Provide rationale for implementation of a psychiatric pharmacist led psychotropic stewardship program for antipsychotics.
  2. Assess possible barriers to implementing a psychotropic stewardship program for antipsychotics.
  3. Measure the effectiveness of a psychotropic stewardship program for antipsychotics.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Dates: 04/08/2024 - 04/08/2027
ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-24-020-H04-P (Application)
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 American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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