2012 Annual Meeting in Tampa, FL, April 29-May 2
Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: Constructing a Comprehensive and Competent Criminal Justice/Mental Health Treatment System
The deinstitutionalization of psychiatric facilities has been a major factor that has led to the current crisis of the criminalization of the mentally ill. Judge Steven Leifman, a Miami-Dade County Judge who has also served as Special Advisor on Criminal Justice and Mental Health for the Supreme Court of Florida, is responsible for chairing the Court’s Mental Health Subcommittee. He and his group authored a ground-breaking report entitled, Transforming Florida’s Mental Health System.
During his presentation, Judge Leifman will discuss new and effective strategies that are being developed and employed to transform the mental health system. He will address ways that providers can assist those with mental health disorders to maneuver the criminal justice system to minimize burden. Additionally, he will discuss how pharmacists and other health care professionals can get involved in a legislative manner to help transform the mental health system.
Genoa Neuropsychiatric Pharmacy Learning Module: Substance Abuse
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Session Summary
At the end of this program, the participant should be able to:
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Identify signs and symptoms of acute intoxication, acute withdrawal, and chronic dependency associated with the use of the following drugs of abuse:
- Alcohol
- Opiates (pain medications, heroin)
- Nicotine
- Cocaine
- Stimulants (Methamphetamines)
- Inhalants
- Marijuana
- Describe the pharmacologic properties and pharmacokinetic parameters for drug therapies used in the treatment of substance use disorders.
- Select appropriate pharmacotherapy (agent, dose, duration of therapy) for substance use disorders based on current practice guidelines.
- Develop a monitoring plan that includes assessment of efficacy, and evaluation for adverse effects, drug interactions, and toxicity given a patient undergoing treatment for a substance use disorder,
- Compose a management strategy given a specific drug-related problem in a patient with a substance use disorder.
- Develop a plan to provide appropriate patient education for substance use disorders
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Course Requirements
This course is provided online at cpnp.org and consists of the speaker audio and slides. A PDF file of the slides is also provided and access is available to participants indefinitely although ACPE credit is available only through the course expiration date.
Participants in this course must complete an examination and achieve a score of 60% or greater. Successful completion of the course also requires the completion of a course evaluation. ACPE statements of credit can be retrieved by participants online at cpnp.org immediately upon successful completion of the course.
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- 1024x768 resolution or greater
- Adobe Flash Player 8+
- 512MB RAM
- Any Operating System capable of the above requirements
- Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 3+ or Safari 3+
- 1280x768 resolution or greater
- Adobe Flash Player 10+
- Windows XP/2000/Vista and Mac OS 10.4 or better
- 512MB of RAM for Windows XP or Mac OS
- 1GB of RAM for Windows Vista
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Target Audience
If you are a pharmacist, nurse practitioner or other healthcare professional involved in the medication therapy management of psychiatric and/or neurological patients, we invite you to participate in this online course.