College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists

The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) works to provide networking opportunities for its members, a competitive advantage for its members, and to promote a positive image for the field of psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy. CPNP accomplishes these goals through the timely delivery of member publications, website services, and networking opportunities.

Member Communication Tools

CPNP offers a number of communication vehicles to keep the membership informed.

1. Weekly Update: Each Monday, CPNP members receive up-to-date CPNP and professional news in an easy to read email. Personal reminders and information is customized to each member and included in their Weekly Update.
2. Mental Health Clinician: With a July 2011 inaugural issue, The Mental Health Clinician (MHC) delves into new topics each month to provide a psychiatric pharmacist perspective on a wide variety of issues from metabolic effects to MTM. Browse the archive to access content from MHC and previous CPNP electronic newsletter formats.
3. Shared Resources: Still in its infancy but slated for major expansion in the summer and fall of 2010 is CPNP’s Shared Resources. Here members can provide documents, tools and commentary on areas of common interest.
4. Member Directory: Make contact with your peers via this online, easy to use member directory. Looking for a specialty or a colleague in a particular location, use the search features to whittle your list for manageable follow-up.

CPNP Member Email List

CPNP members have the opportunity to network and share information with peers through the CPNP Email List. On average, 90% of CPNP members subscribe to the email list. Topics discussed on this unmoderated list include patient cases and questions, references and resources, current news, announcements, policies, procedures and practices and much more.

CPNP members rave about the value of information and expertise they can tap into through this network of colleagues. To send and receive messages to/from the list, members must do the following:

1. Indicate their desire to be subscribed to the list through their member profile.
2. Send from the email address on-file with the CPNP office. Your email address serves as your member identification and there must be an exact match between the email address your computer sends and receives from and that which CPNP has on file.
3. To send to the list, type list@cpnp.org and complete your message.
4. To reply to a message sent to the list, hit reply to respond to only the author. To respond to the author and the entire list, type in list@cpnp.org in the “To” line of your email.
5. Email messages are archived on the website. You can search for archived emails by using the website search feature.

CPNP Website

With CPNP members spread throughout the US, Canada and several other countries, CPNP has made a significant investment in website technology to offer convenient and efficient communication between CPNP and its members.

Several pages within the CPNP website are protected to provide member-only access. You will find these pages under the Members tab on the website. To access these protected pages on the CPNP website you must first log-in.

1. Click on the page you wish to access or the log-in button in the upper right hand corner.
2. Enter your email address in the User Name field exactly as it is on file with CPNP. Your email address serves as your member identification and there must be an exact match between the email address you enter and that which is on file with CPNP.
3. To create your first or replacement password, click on the password help link beneath the log-in.
4. Within 30 seconds a generic password should arrive in your email in-box. This password is assigned randomly by the website and is not recorded at CPNP. If you don’t receive a password in a short period of time, please check your junk or restricted folders.
5. Copy the computer assigned password and return back to the log-in screen at www.cpnp.org and enter the password.
6. Once you are logged into the website, you can change your password to one more memorable to you by clicking on the change password link in the log-in box. Your personal password is not visible to CPNP at any time.

As an active, associate, resident, fellow or student member of CPNP, you will enjoy access to the following information available at www.cpnp.org:

About CPNP: View CPNP Articles and Bylaws, read strategic plans and organizational objectives, contact the Board of Directors, and view committee memberships lists and directives. Information on awards available through CPNP is also available through this link.
Education: Links to the CPNP University and the online educational tools it offers is available as well as the current complimentary member education product for that quarter. Complete information and online registration and reservation resources for the current CPNP Annual Meeting and other educational resources can also be found in this section. You can view the Annual Meeting speaker listing, schedule, poster and award submission instructions, and lodging and hotel information. CPNP’s commitment to automation and efficiency is showcased under this link as well. This section features the online transcript center where ACPE transcripts for events and programming are viewable by the member. As well, online educational offerings have been integrated into the CPNP website via this link.
BCPP Recertification: Here visitors can learn more about the Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) credential by visiting the FAQs. Information on and registration for all CPNP educational offerings offering recertification credit are also available in this section of the website as is the testing center for all BCPP Recertification products.  
Careers/Residencies: Job listings and postings can be viewed through this link. Anyone can post a job but only members can review the entire listing. A directory of psychiatric residencies and residency FAQs are also available at this link.
Members: This section of the website is exclusive to CPNP members and is password protected. Members can renew their membership and update their information in this section. The membership directory allows you to contact your colleagues and locate resources using customized search features such as the specialty search. During certain times of the year, the membership section will also allow for survey completion, officer and award nominations, board voting and committee volunteering. Since public policy in the form of legislation, regulations, and professional practice, affects both our patients and us as practitioners, this section of the website also discusses ways in which CPNP works to have input into the process of formulating these public policies.
Resources: View the monthly e-news archive, The Mental Health Clinician, press releases, suggested reading lists, and member-shared intellectual resources on a variety of psychiatric and neurologic topics. You can also contribute to the Shared Resources section by submitting your own preferred resources. Links to other organizations, agencies and information sources are provided for your convenience.
Public: Information on what a psychiatric and neurologic pharmacist contributes to the treatment team is available in this link as is information on the NAMI partnership and NAMI as a resource.
My CPNP: Personalized information, current news of importance to you, and access to your purchased products and services is available through this password protected link.

CPNP Website and Email List Terms of Use
The CPNP Website and Email List Terms of Use can be accessed via the link at the bottom of each page of the CPNP website or at http://cpnp.org/privacy.htm. Each member will be asked annually to verify their review and acceptance of the terms of use which include such items as how personally identifiable information is obtained and used, email discussion list rules and etiquette and survey administration. All members are encouraged to be review and practice the guidelines and rules in the terms of use policy.