Clinical Considerations for the Use of Atypical Antipsychotics for Treatment of Depression
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 204-L04
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Location:
Room 210A, Level 2
PRESENTER(S):
David Fuentes
Joseph Lassiter
Melanie Petilla Foeppel
PROGRAM CHAIR:
David Fuentes
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Apply patient-specific adherence barriers and co-morbidities to the selection of the most beneficial treatment options.
Design a patient-specific treatment plan for the management of the presenting symptoms/chief complaint.
Evaluate a patient's medication regimen using the given specific information on: adherence practices; perceptions regarding drug therapy and illness; labs; and other medical record data.
Interpret population safety data to determine the use of the most beneficial medication for the management of a health-system's formulary.
Recommend viable treatment options for health systems and individual patients using information/data on: medication tolerance, adherence, financial resources, and recommendations from the literature.