CME From JCPHow do treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compare in routine clinical practice? Read this CME retrospective study of patient records for a look at real-life outcomes. Patients were taking fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, topiramate, or venlafaxine, and some had concurrent psychotherapy. [top]

JCP CME Activities

A Retrospective Comparative Effectiveness Study of Medications for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Routine Practice

Brian Shiner, Christine Leonard Westgate, Jiang Gui, Shira Maguen, Yinong Young-Xu, Paula P. Schnurr, and Bradley V. Watts

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2020

An Examination of Screening Tools for Collaborative Care of Adolescent Depression

Alexander D. Ginsburg, Paul S. Stadem, Christopher R. Takala, Paul E. Croarkin, Angela B. Mattson, Marcie L. Billings, RoxAnne M. Brennan, and John E. Huxsahl

[Activity] [Posttest] 8/31/2020

Trends in Illicit Drug Use Among Smokers and Nonsmokers in the United States, 2002–2014

Scott J. Moeller, PhDa; David S. Fink, MPHb; Misato Gbedemah, MPHc; Deborah S. Hasin, Sandro Galea, Michael J. Zvolensky, and Renee D. Goodwin

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2020

Tardive Dyskinesia: Recognition, Patient Assessment, and Differential Diagnosis

Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH (Chair), and Christoph U. Correll, MD

[Activity] [Posttest] 4/30/2020

Diagnosing and Treating Patients With Mixed Features

Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH (Chair), et al

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2019

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Older Adults With Stress Disorders and Neurocognitive Difficulties: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Julie Loebach Wetherell, Tamara Hershey, Steven Hickman, Susan R. Tate, David Dixon, Emily S. Bower, and Eric J. Lenze

[Activity] [Posttest] 7/31/2019

Florida Best Practice Psychotherapeutic Medication Guidelines for Adults With Major Depressive Disorder

Roger S. McIntyre, Trisha Suppes, Rajiv Tandon, and Michael Ostacher

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2019

Depression and Anxiety in the Postpartum Period and Risk of Bipolar Disorder: A Danish Nationwide Register-Based Cohort Study

Xiaoqin Liu, Esben Agerbo, Jiong Li, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Veerle Bergink, and Trine Munk-Olsen

[Activity] [Posttest] 5/31/2019

National Trends in Antidepressant, Benzodiazepine, and Other Sedative-Hypnotic Treatment of Older Adults in Psychiatric and Primary Care

Donovan T. Maust, Frederic C. Blow, Ilse R. Wiechers, Helen C. Kales, and Steven C. Marcus

[Activity] [Posttest] 4/30/2019

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk for First-Episode Major Depression During the Menopause Transition

Cynthia Neill Epperson, Mary D. Sammel, Tracy L. Bale, Deborah R. Kim, Sarah Conlin, Stephanie Scalice, Katharine Freeman, and Ellen W. Freeman

[Activity] [Posttest] 3/31/2019

Identifying Remission From Depression on 3 Self-Report Scales

Mark Zimmerman, Emily Walsh, Michael Friedman, Daniela A. Boerescu, and Naureen Attiullah

[Activity] [Posttest] 2/28/2019

Antipsychotic Drug Interactions and Mortality Among Nursing Home Residents With Cognitive Impairment

Rosa Liperoti, Federica Sganga, Francesco Landi, Eva Topinkova, Michael D. Denkinger, Henriëtte G. van der Roest, Andrea D. Foebel, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Roberto Bernabei, and Graziano Onder

[Activity] [Posttest] 1/31/2019

Adherence to Selective Serotonin and Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor Prescriptions Affects Overall Medication Adherence in Older Persons: Evidence From the Italian Nationwide OsMed Health-DB Database

Alessandra Marengoni, Graziano Onder, Luca Degli Esposti, Pierluigi Russo, Diego Sangiorgi, Stefano Buda, Massimo Fini, Niccolò Marchionni, Stefano Bonassi, Federica Mammarella, Walter Marrocco, Giuseppe Pozzi, Katie Palmer, Alessandro Monaco, Sergio Pecorelli, Luca Pani, on behalf of the Geriatrics Steering Committee of the Italian Medicines Agency on behalf of the OsMed Health-DB Network

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2018

Medication Discrepancies at Outpatient Departments for Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the Netherlands: Risks and Clinical Relevance

Mirjam Simoons, Hans Mulder, Arne J. Risselada, Frederik W. Wilmink, Robert Schoevers, Henricus G. Ruhé, and Eric N. van Roon

[Activity] [Posttest] 11/30/2018

Increasing Versus Maintaining the Dose of Olanzapine or Risperidone in Schizophrenia Patients Who Did Not Respond to a Modest Dosage: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Hitoshi Sakurai, Takefumi Suzuki, Robert R. Bies, Bruce G. Pollock, Masaru Mimura, Shitij Kapur, and Hiroyuki Uchida

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2018

Improving the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adolescent Bipolar Disorder

Improving the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

Robert L. Findling, MD, MBA (chair), and Kiki D. Chang, MD

[Activity] [Posttest] 4/30/2020

Reconsidering Insomnia as a Disorder Rather Than Just a Symptom in Psychiatric Practice

Reconsidering Insomnia as a Disorder Rather Than Just a Symptom in Psychiatric Practice

Ruth M. Benca, MD, PhD, and Daniel J. Buysse, MD

[Activity] [Posttest] 2/29/2020

Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Depression: Awareness, Assessment, and Management

Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Depression: Awareness, Assessment, and Management

Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH (Chair), et al

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2019

Emerging Treatment Strategies for Patients With Tardive Dyskinesia

Epidemiology, Prevention, and Assessment of Tardive Dyskinesia and Advances in Treatment

Christoph U. Correll, MD (Chair), et al

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2019

CME From PCCWhat do you know about the use of synthetic marijuana among adolescents? Read this CME article to learn about why they use it, what the risks are, and whether they perceive it as dangerous. [top]

PCC CME Activities

Rates of Synthetic Cannabinoid Use in Adolescents Admitted to a Treatment Facility

Gloria Martz, William Tankersley, Hema Madhuri Mekala, and Huda Motiwala, MD

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2020

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Comorbid with Mood Disorder: Significantly Higher Incidence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Than Either Diagnosis Alone

Bettina S. Fehr, William F. Katz, Erin A. Van Enkevort, and Imran S. Khawaja

[Activity] [Posttest] 8/31/2020

To Scan or Not to Scan: Horses and Zebras

David A. Weidman, Anna D. Burke, Jennifer M. Eschbacher, Jacquelynn N. Copeland, Michele Grigaitis-Reyes, and William J. Burke

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2020

Psychiatric and Psychological Impact of Chronic Skin Disease

Mohammad Jafferany and Paul Pastolero

[Activity] [Posttest] 4/30/2020

Psychological Aspects of Factitious Disorder

Mohammed Jafferany, Zaira Khalid, Katherine A. McDonald, and Amanda J Shelley

[Activity] [Posttest] 2/29/2020

Are Psychiatric Inpatients at Risk of Developing Wernicke’s Encephalopathy Being Identified and Adequately Treated?

Medhat Guirguis, Stephen Manning, Marina Chavez, Jessica Nelson, Regina Baronia, Sailatha Bobba, Jafreen Ahmed, and Ijeoma Ajufo

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2019

Efficacy of a Behavioral Activation Teletherapy Intervention to Treat Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care VitalSign6 Program

Joseph M. Trombello, Charles South, Audrey Cecil, Katherine E. Sánchez, Alma Christina Sánchez, Sara Levinson Eidelman, Taryn L. Mayes, Farra Kahalnik, Corey Tovian, Beth D. Kennard, and Madhukar H. Trivedi

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2019

Mental and Physical Health Conditions in US Combat Veterans: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

Melissa M. Thomas, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, Jack Tsai, Steven M. Southwick, and Robert H. Pietrzak

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2019

Mood Versus Memory

Anna D. Burke, William J. Burke, Garrett H. Riggs, David A. Weidman, and Jacquelynn N. Copeland

[Activity] [Posttest] 4/30/2019

Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics for Schizophrenia: Sociodemographic Characteristics and Treatment Adherence

James McCreath, Essie Larson, Purabi Bharatiya, Hisham A. Labanieh, Zvi Weiss, and Michael Lozovatsky

[Activity] [Posttest] 2/28/2019

Cardiometabolic Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Chronic Medical Illnesses During an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization: Colocated Medical Care Versus Treatment as Usual

Jason R. Tatreau, Suzanne Harris, Brian Sheitman, and Beat D. Steiner

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2018

Bright Light Therapy as Augmentation of Pharmacotherapy for Treatment of Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Thomas M. Penders, Cornel N. Stanciu, Alexander M. Schoemann, Phillip T. Ninan, Richard Bloch, and Sy A. Saeed

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2018