NAMI

Understanding Consumer Perceptions and Awareness of Psychiatric Pharmacists: A 5 year review of Surveys Conducted at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Annual Meeting

The CPNP Consumer Relations Committee has worked closely with National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) over the last several years to help provide consumer education to patients, caregivers, and the general public. Over the last 5 years, CPNP members have helped participate in NAMI’s annual meeting by providing educational workshops and hosting the “Ask the psychiatric Pharmacist Booth”. Each year members have distributed surveys to consumers, caregivers and family members that evaluated
consumer's awareness of psychiatric pharmacists and the services CPNP members provide to NAMI.

Networking Opportunities

Networking Opportunities

Student Programming*

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 ...

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.

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:

Message from the President

The CPNP 14th Annual Meeting has come and gone and what an outstanding event it was. The programming from the pre-meeting workshop, recertification presentations, and general sessions were of very high quality, informative, and applicable. The meeting was filled with outstanding speakers from within our organization and also from the national scene such as Drs. Stephen Stahl and Linda Strand. Anyone who walked away from Dr. Strand’s presentation not feeling humbled and challenged as a pharmacist and as a profession missed a solid message. I for one walked away knowing and feeling I should do more.

2002 Annual Meeting Schedule

The Brain: Assessments, Interventions and Outcomes

Printable Version of Conference Schedule
Printable Version of Industry Symposia

Thursday, April 18, 2002

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Committee Chair Orientation

NAMI Walk at the CPNP Annual Meeting

By: Jerry McKee Pharm.D., M.S., BCPP

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and CPNP have worked collaboratively for many years to assist and support the education of persons with mental illness and their families regarding psychoactive medications, psychiatric illness, and use of psychiatric pharmacists locally. The CPNP member authored “Ask the Psychiatric Pharmacist” and medication education monographs are posted on the NAMI website for easy access.

The fourth annual “CPNP Walks for NAMI” event will occur during the CPNP Annual Meeting on May 4 in Phoenix on the beautiful grounds of the host property, the Arizona Grand. This event involves a 5K walk/run with donations matched by CPNP. Since 2008, CPNP and Annual Meeting attendees have contributed nearly $15,000 to NAMI educational programs through walk donations. This annual event is coordinated by volunteer members of the CPNP Consumer Relations Committee and CPNP staff.

Even if you can’t attend the CPNP Annual Meeting you have the opportunity to donate to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) through the CPNP walk. CPNP hopes you will contribute to an organization which provides so many valuable programs to patients and their family members. This is a fun and innovative way to support NAMI and get better acquainted with fellow CPNP members.

Primary Care Physician Mental Health Hotline

Estimates suggest that large portions of patients in Ohio suffering from mental illness are utilizing primary care providers for their mental health care needs. Suggested reasons for this are many, leading theories include lack of access to psychiatric care or co-morbid conditions that are predominantly managed by primary care providers. Regardless of the reason, resources for primary care providers regarding psychiatric medications are often limited despite their heavy burden of caring for these patients.

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