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403-25: Advanced Psychopharmacology in Youth: What Works When and Why?

Learn thoughtful approaches to prescribing and deprescribing antidepressants for children and adolescents, including stopping medications that aren’t working, that cause intolerable side effects, or are no longer needed after sustained remission.

Presenter:  Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD, FAACAP

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty, with the exception of those listed below, have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.  All relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated. Off-label uses will be discussed during this presentation.

Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD, FAACAP is an advisor/consultant for AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, Alkermes, Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc., Genomind, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, and Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr. Strawn receives research support from Mind Medicine (MindMed), AbbVie, and material support from Myriad Genetics.

Session Length:  1 hour 15 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Identify at least two evidence-based strategies for initiating and titrating antidepressants in youth, considering clinical and pharmacogenetic factors.

Keywords:  Prescribing, Deprescribing, Antidepressants, Depression, Anxiety, Pharmacogenetics, Youth

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
1.25 pharmacology contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and pass the post-test with a score of 80% or higher before the expiration date. Unlimited post-test attempts are allowed. Once all steps are successfully completed, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. All steps must be successfully completed to earn contact hours. 

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Release date: July 16, 2025
Access to this course will end: July 31, 2027

© 2025 APNA. Reproducing and distributing this material without the written permission of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) is prohibited. 

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