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Each 30-minute webinar offers a dynamic, peer-driven discussion focused on complex substance use disorder cases. Free to AAPP members! Click the link to learn more and register.

The Clozapine in Practice toolkit has recently been updated to reflect the discontinuation of the REMS and to describe current information on monitoring guidelines. A special thanks to lead author Jonathan Leung and co-authors Robin Hieber, Jenna Stearns, and Greg Deardorff for their work to update this important toolkit.

A 2019 survey identified significant variability of practice characteristics among outpatient psychiatric pharmacists (OPPs), including prescriptive authority. In response to this variability, AAPP launched a project to build consensus and develop practice model statements for psychiatric pharmacists providing direct care in an outpatient setting.

Julie Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA CPNP Commission on Innovation and Advancement Committee Member

This style guide has been created to encourage a consistent voice and message across all initiatives regardless of audience. Notes have been added when the context (e.g., patient resources) matters.

Psychiatric pharmacists have enaged in team-based care for 40+ years, and the research is overwhelmingly positive about their contribution to access, outcomes and cost. Given the diverse practice models in use today, you can find results of pharmacist contributions to most types of mental health practice settings.

New Name, Same Organization. From the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) to the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP)

On the Voices of Change Podcast, GTMRx and Carla Cobb, PharmD, BCPP, discuss how people living with mental illnesses and substance use disorders benefit from comprehensive medication management. Dr. Cobb is a psychiatric clinical pharmacist with over 20 years of experience integrating clinical pharmacy services into the primary care setting.