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Activity Date: 04/28/2025

Session Time and Location

Date: Monday, 04/28/2025

Time: 9:30 AM (view in the schedule)

Room: TBD

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

Discover the critical intersection of neurology and psychiatry in autoimmune encephalitis, a condition where immune system dysregulation leads to inflammation of the brain, often presenting with complex psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune encephalitis is often underrecognized, misdiagnosed, and inadequately treated. This presentation will equip psychiatric pharmacists with the knowledge to identify early signs and symptoms, understand the inflammatory process involved, and choose appropriate first and second-line treatments.

Faculty Information

Genalynne Mooneyham, MD, MS

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify the signs and symptoms of autoimmune encephalitis and their relevance to the differential diagnosis for a variety of psychiatric presentations.
  2. Describe the role of inflammation in autoimmune encephalitis and how it relates to psychiatric symptoms.
  3. Select first and second-line management options for the treatment of autoimmune encephalitis.
  4. Discuss treatment considerations for special populations with autoimmune encephalitis.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Date: 04/28/2025
ACPE Contact Hours: 1.25
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-25-005-L01-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 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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