4042-20: The Last Five Years - New Classes, New Agents, New Delivery Systems for MDD, Bipolar and Schizophrenia. Plus a Look at What's Coming Ahead!

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4042-20: The Last Five Years - New Classes, New Agents, New Delivery Systems for MDD, Bipolar and Schizophrenia. Plus a Look at What's Coming Ahead!

This lively presentation provides an overview of new agents, or new delivery systems of current agents as well as ancillary tools to improve treatment options. In addition to reviewing pivotal data on these new options, looks more closely at first in class compounds and novel agents in phase III development.


Presenter:
  Alan Amberg, APN, PMHNP-BC

Disclosures: The presenter serves as a consultant for Alkermes & Otsuka; Former speakers' bureau for Janssen. Off-label uses of medications will be discussed during this presentation. The activity planners have no conflict of interest to disclose.


Session Length:
  46 minutes

Target Audience:  APRN


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

  • Identify 5 newer antipsychotic compounds and 5 newer delivery systems for agents.

Keywords:  Psychopharmacology, Antipsychotics, New Agents


Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.75 pharmacology contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

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.


Originally Presented
APNA 34th Annual Conference

The contact hours for this session expire:  December 1, 2023

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