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NAMI Hosting NAMIBikes Event in Arizona on December 10

From coast-to-coast and around the globe, mental illness affects everyone. Every year, regardless of race, age, religion or economic status, mental illness impacts the lives of at least one in four adults and one in 10 children across the United States — that is nearly 60 million Americans.

2012 Annual Meeting Registration Options

Annual Meeting Registration Options

Pre-Meeting Workshop Registration Includes

  • Workshop content and seven contact hours of ACPE or CME credit.
  • Continental breakfast and morning and afternoon refreshment service.

Networking Opportunities

Networking Opportunities

Networking Roundtables*

Sunday, April 29
5:30-6:30 p.m.

Set aside an hour of your day to network with your peers as you participate in special interest group meetings or hot topic discussions. Roundtable topics are recommended and delivered by CPNP members and meeting attendees.
Roundtables offered include:

Patient Drug Information

  All:  The Consumer Relations Committee will be following up on Tiffany-Jade’s great suggestion to translate the NAMI medication information sheets into Spanish.  Anyone out there fluent in medical Spanish who would like ...

Patient Drug Information

Dear List, I was wondering what sources that you use to give patients drug information on their discharge medications. We currently use Carenotes through Micromedex. The patient drug information is 5 pages or so per drug. Patients who go home ...

Our Unified Approach Through Leadership and Organization

The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) manifesto summarizes our role as psychiatric and neurologic pharmacists which will require that we (1) understand how we can serve our patients with very specific needs and challenges, (2) recognize ways in which our efforts can complement those of our colleagues in other professions, and (3) create a culture in which we can demonstrate, to patients and providers alike, how our unique perspective can add richness to the provision of health care.

Consumer Survey Results from 2011 NAMI Annual Meeting

Meghan Morgan, PharmD, BCPP and Karen Moeller, PharmD, BCPP

The Consumer Relations Committee represented CPNP at the 2011 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Annual Convention, which was held in Chicago, Illinois July 6-9.  CPNP members manned a booth during the convention and provided a workshop entitled "Suicidality and Risks of Medications Used to Treat Mental Illness."

CPNP Participates in 2011 NAMI Annual Convention

CPNP Participates in 2011 NAMI Annual Convention

For the seventh consecutive year, CPNP participated extensively in the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) National Convention held in Chicago, IL, July 6-9. The 2011 NAMI National Convention hosted several thousand consumers, caregivers and healthcare professionals.

CPNP Well Represented at NAMI National Convention

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) held their national convention in Chicago July 6th through 9th.  CPNP members were once again involved in a variety of activities at the meeting.  CPNP hosted a booth in the exhibit hall to increase awareness of psychiatric pharmacists and CPNP.  CPNP volunteers also answered questions from consumers at the “Ask the Psychiatric Pharmacist” booth in the exhibit hall.  Members, Steven Burghart, Kimberly Lintner and Jennifer Zacher presented a workshop to a standing room only crowd on July 9 entitled, “Suicidality and Risks of Medications Used to Treat Mental Illness.”

The 14th CPNP Annual Meeting in Review

The 14th Annual Meeting of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists was held May 1-4, 2011, in beautiful and warm Phoenix, Arizona. The meeting hosted a record 497 attendees and continued to offer something for everyone including cutting-edge presentations, award-winning posters, a NAMI walk, networking and practical roundtable discussions.

Additional details on the Annual Meeting can be gleaned from the remainder of this article and the following web based documents:

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