College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists

The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) is pleased to announce that Terry Wise, JD, will lead off the 2010 CPNP Annual Meeting with a keynote address on Monday, April 19 in San Antonio, Texas. 

Terry L. Wise, JD is a highly-acclaimed author and international public speaker. Widowed at 35 following her spouse's death from Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), and after surviving a near-fatal suicide attempt, Terry spent the next several years in treatment and then wrote about her recovery. Her widely-adopted book, Waking Up: Climbing Through the Darkness (foreword by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People), is required reading at clinical psychology programs nationwide. It is also in use at crisis centers and in the training materials for the Core Competency Curriculum developed by the American Association of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC).

Terry serves on the boards of numerous organizations, including the American Association of Suicidology, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK). She is the recipient of a National Mental Health Award for “distinguished achievement and work that has had a major impact on the depression community.” She makes frequent media appearances and is a featured spokesperson on a nationally broadcast Radio Podcast, as well as a Public Service Announcement (PSA) and educational video guide (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Association - SAMHSA). With remarkable distinction, she integrates pivotal, first-hand insights from a former patient’s side of the couch into an extensive look at empirically-based research and relevant literature. Audiences leave with a wealth of concrete tools and a gripping story of hope and personal triumph.

Wise’s keynote address, Inside the Suicidal Mind: Life-Saving Insights & Critical Therapeutic Strategies, will offer the following valuable insights:

Pivotal Lessons About Suicide From An Attempt Survivor

• Clarifying Assumptions
• Underlying Factors that Contribute to Suicidal Urges
• Managing the Co-Existence of Opposing Emotions

Candid Answers To Frequently Unasked Questions

• What Professionals Want (and Need) to Know
• An Attempt Survivor’s Life-Saving Insights
• Effective Interventions from the Clients Side of the Couch

Tools For Professionals

• Strengthening and Repairing the Therapeutic Alliance
• Therapeutic Techniques to Facilitate Disclosure of Suicidal Ideation
• “Contracting for Safety”

Managing The Course Of Recovery

• Coping Strategies for Recurrent Depression and Suicidal Thoughts
• Restoring Hope and Preserving Emotional Health

More information on the 2010 CPNP Annual Meeting can be viewed at http://cpnp.org/ed/meeting/2010/ 
Mark your calendars now and plan to attend this valuable meeting next April.

About CPNP
The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacist’s (CPNP) mission is to promote excellence in pharmacy practice, education and research to optimize the treatment outcomes of individuals affected by psychiatric and neurologic disorders by:

• Facilitating the dissemination of information regarding psychiatric and neurologic pharmacotherapy, patient care and community support
• Facilitating programs in the areas of psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy at national meetings with organizations which support similar interests
• Improving care for patients with psychiatric and neurologic disorders
• Advancing the quality of research in the pharmacotherapy of psychiatric and neurologic disorders
• Supporting the Psychiatric Pharmacy Certification Exam process and programs preparing exam candidates.