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You have to stand out to get the residency, and you have to work hard to make it a success. Below are some tips for residency success compiled especially for people interested in psychiatric pharmacy. These videos are exclusively available to AAPP members, so you will need to log in.

Psychiatric pharmacists improve care in many practice settings, and CPNP invests heavily in improving their education. While CPNP has developed some helpful resources identified on this page, these external website resources may also be of assistance in addressing the vast array of challenges faced by patients and caregivers. CPNP is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or reliability of other websites.

The Sure-Fire Option The online portion of a meeting can provide valuable information during a call, and it is essential to some presentations. However, the online portion is also the source of most technical challenges. If your problem is not addressed below, or if you simply do not want to bother with the online portion, then you can still access the audio portion of the CPNP web meeting by calling:

Information and Access to the Genoa Neuropsychiatric Pharmacy Courses Genoa is pleased to offer our pharmacists the opportunity to access neuropsychiatric pharmacy courses in conjunction with the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP), a specialty membership association. The objectives of these offerings are to:

Long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics are unique medication formulations used in psychiatric pharmacy to help improve patient outcomes. They offer several benefits compared to oral therapy, including confirmed patient adherence, consistent drug delivery, predictable bioavailability, and prevention of antipsychotic overdose. LAIs are commonly used with the notion that they will decrease relapse rates by improving medication adherence; however, the data is limited.

Clozapine is a second-generation antipsychotic often reserved for use in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Clozapine is associated with severe neutropenia (previously called agranulocytosis), which requires stringent laboratory monitoring and reporting to an online Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) website. Despite its unique effectiveness, compliance to laboratory monitoring requirements and its substantial adverse effect profile may limit clozapine usage.

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View entire position paper Summary Psychiatric pharmacists have specialized training and experience that allow them to effectively provide comprehensive medication management to patients with psychiatric and/or neurological disorders as part of a healthcare team. Comprehensive medication management (CMM) helps patients reach clinical goals of treatment, improve outcomes, and reduce overall healthcare costs.

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CPNP News President's Message Dear Colleagues, It is time for change at CPNP. Like any large organization, progress is sometimes laborious but an effective group makes sure the wheels continue to turn. Since CPNP had not revised its strategic plan since 2004, we felt that the time was right to do so.

CPNP News President's Letter September evokes emotions, positive or negative, associated with fall colors, shorter days, and back to school. For many, this is a time to get back into full swing with work, careers, school, projects, etc. This is certainly true for CPNP as an organization as the 2008-2009 board and committees are gearing up with many activities.

CPNP News President's Message Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the New Year and new promises ahead for both the country and CPNP. With healthcare reform on the horizon, CPNP is implementing activities to keep abreast of the opportunities. Strategic planning has focused on prioritizing strategies with the greatest impact, such as developing educational products and affiliations.