CME From JCPConsistent evidence has correlated postpartum psychosis with later conversion to bipolar disorder, but nonpsychotic affective disorders are more common in the postpartum period. Could these less severe episodes following childbirth also be markers of underlying bipolar disorder? Read this journal CME research article to learn more. [top]

JCP CME Activities

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

The Perinatal Depression Treatment Cascade: Baby Steps Toward Improving Outcomes

Elizabeth Q. Cox, Nathaniel A. Sowa, Samantha E. Meltzer-Brody, and Bradley N. Gaynes

[Activity] [Posttest] 9/30/2018

A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Medical Marijuana in Psychiatric Indications

Samuel T. Wilkinson, Rajiv Radhakrishnan, and Deepak Cyril D’Souza

[Activity] [Posttest] 8/31/2018

Nonmedical Stimulant Use in College Students: Association With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Other Disorders

Timothy Wilens, Courtney Zulauf, MaryKate Martelon, Nicholas R. Morrison, Andrew Simon, Nicholas W. Carrellas, Amy Yule, and Rayce Anselmo

[Activity] [Posttest] 7/31/2018

Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use and DSM-5 Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in the United States

Tulshi D. Saha, Bradley T. Kerridge, Risë B. Goldstein, S. Patricia Chou, Haitao Zhang, Jeesun Jung, Roger P. Pickering, W. June Ruan, Sharon M. Smith, Boji Huang, Deborah S. Hasin, and Bridget F. Grant

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2018

Benzodiazepine Use and Risk of Mortality Among Patients With Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study

Cynthia A. Fontanella, John V. Campo, Gary S. Phillips, Danielle L. Hiance-Steelesmith, Helen Anne Sweeney, Kwok Tam, Douglas Lehrer, Robert Klein, and Mark Hurst

[Activity] [Posttest] 5/31/2018

Guideline Adherence for Mentally Ill Reproductive-Aged Women on Treatment With Valproic Acid: A Retrospective Chart Review

Dorothy Gotlib, Elizabeth Perelstein, Jacob Kurlander, Kara Zivin, Michelle Riba, and Maria Muzik

[Activity] [Posttest] 4/30/2018

Late-Life Exacerbation of PTSD Symptoms in US Veterans: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

Natalie Mota, Jack Tsai, Paul D. Kirwin, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, John H. Krystal, Steven M. Southwick, and Robert H. Pietrzak

[Activity] [Posttest] 3/31/2018

Risk of Suicide Attempt and Suicide Death Following Completion of the Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Module in Community Practice

Gregory E. Simon, Karen J. Coleman, Rebecca C. Rossom, Arne Beck, Malia Oliver, Eric Johnson, Ursula Whiteside, Belinda Operskalski, Robert B. Penfold, Susan M. Shortreed, and Carolyn Rutter

[Activity] [Posttest] 2/28/2018

Antidepressant Treatment and Risk of Dementia: A Population-Based, Retrospective Case-Control Study

Cynthia Wei-Sheng Lee, Cheng-Li Lin, Fung-Chang Sung, Ji-An Liang, and Chia-Hung Kao

[Activity] [Posttest] 1/31/2018

Prevalence and Impact of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Depression: A STAR*D Report

Lee Baer, Madhukar H. Trivedi, Ilana Huz, A. John Rush, Stephen R. Wisniewski, and Maurizio Fava

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2017

Antipsychotic Treatment of Adults in the United States

Mark Olfson, Marissa King, and Michael Schoenbaum

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2017

Marijuana Use Is Associated With Worse Outcomes in Symptom Severity and Violent Behavior in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Samuel T. Wilkinson, Elina Stefanovics, Robert A. Rosenheck

[Activity] [Posttest] 9/30/2017

Influence of Schizophrenia Diagnosis on Providers’ Practice Decisions

Greer Sullivan, Dinesh Mittal, Christina M. Reaves, Tiffany F. Haynes, Xiaotong Han, Snigdha Mukherjee, Scott Morris, Laura Marsh, and Patrick W. Corrigan

[Activity] [Posttest] 8/31/2017

Childhood Maltreatment and Risk of Suicide Attempt: A Nationally Representative Study

Nicolas Hoertel, Silvia Franco, Melanie M. Wall, Maria A. Oquendo, Shuai Wang, Frédéric Limosin, and Carlos Blanco

[Activity] [Posttest] 7/31/2017

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the US Veteran Population: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

Blair E. Wisco, Brian P. Marx, Erika J. Wolf, Mark W. Miller, Steven M. Southwick, and Robert H. Pietrzak

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2017

Depression and Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1,751,841 Patients in Primary Care

Daniel J. Smith, Helen Court, Gary McLean, Daniel Martin, Julie Langan Martin, Bruce Guthrie, Jane Gunn, and Stewart W. Mercer

[Activity] [Posttest] 11/30/2017

Metabolic Syndrome in a French Cohort of Patients With Bipolar Disorder: Results From the FACE-BD Cohort

Ophélia Godin, Bruno Etain, Chantal Henry, Thierry Bougerol, Philippe Courtet, Leroux Mayliss, Christine Passerieux, Jean-Michel Azorin, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Sebastien Gard, Dominique Costagliola, and Marion Leboyer for the FondaMental Advanced Centers of Expertise in Bipolar Disorders (FACE-BD) Collaborators

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2017

Postdeployment Suicidal Ideations and Trajectories of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Danish Soldiers: A 3-Year Follow-Up of the USPER Study

Trine Madsen, Karen-Inge Karstoft, Mette Bertelsen, and Søren Bo Andersen

[Activity] [Posttest] 9/30/2017

Demographic, Economic, and Clinical Correlates of Depression Treatment Response in an Underserved Primary Care Population

Dinesh Mittal, Lakshminarayana Chekuri, Liya Lu, and John C. Fortney

[Activity] [Posttest] 8/31/2017

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Inquiry in Psychiatric Assessment: Detection of High Rates of Opioid Prescribing to a Dual Diagnosis Population

Daniel T. Hackman, Marion S. Greene, Taya J. Fernandes, Ashley M. Brown, Eric R. Wright, and R. Andrew Chambers

[Activity] [Posttest] 7/31/2017

Guidelines for Preventing Common Medical Complications of Catatonia: Case Report and Literature Review

Kimberly Clinebell, Pierre N. Azzam, Priya Gopalan, and Roger Haskett

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2017

Recognizing and Treating Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Narcolepsy

Managing Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

Thomas Roth, PhD (Chair), and Russell P. Rosenberg, PhD

[Activity] [Posttest] 11/30/2017

Using Mechanism of Action to Choose Medications for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Choosing Medications for Treatment-Resistant Depression Based on Mechanism of Action

Michael E. Thase, MD (Chair), and Thomas L. Schwartz, MD

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2017

Depression: Addressing Partial Response After First-Line Antidepressant Treatment

Depression: Addressing Partial Response After First-Line Antidepressant Treatment

Michael E. Thase, MD (Chair), et al

[Activity] [Posttest] 9/30/2017

CME From PCCCombat exposure has been linked to PTSD and other mental health conditions, but is it also linked to physical health conditions? Read this CME article to learn about how mental and physical conditions differ between veterans with and without combat exposure as well as between younger and older veterans with combat exposure. [top]

PCC CME Activities

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] 10/11/2019

At a Loss for Words

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

[Activity] [Posttest] 8/31/2018

Student Evaluation of the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program in Midwest Schools

Alexandra Flynn, Rosalee Zackula, Nicole M. Klaus, Liz McGinness, Susan Carr, and Matthew Macaluso

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2018

Managing Depression Among Homeless Mothers: Pilot Testing an Adapted Collaborative Care Intervention

Linda Weinreb, Carole C. Upshur, Debbian Fletcher-Blake, George Reed, and Christine Frisard

[Activity] [Posttest] 4/30/2018

Movements and Memory

Anna D. Burke, Garret H. Riggs, David A. Weidman, Helle Brand, and William J. Burke

[Activity] [Posttest] 2/28/2018

Sleep Duration and Insomnia Symptoms as Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation in a Nationally Representative Sample

Subhajit Chakravorty, H.Y. Katy Siu, Linden Lalley-Chareczko, Gregory K. Brown, James C. Findley, Michael L. Perlis, and Michael A. Grandner

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2017

Association Between Specific Depression Symptoms and Glycemic Control Among Patients With Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes and Provisional Depression

Stephanie J. Czech, Susan M. Orsillo, Paul A. Pirraglia, Thomas M. English, and Alexa J. Connell

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2017

Reducing Adverse Polypharmacy in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: An Empirical Case Study

Alok Madan, John M. Oldham, Sylvia Gonzalez, and J. Christopher Fowler

[Activity] [Posttest] 8/31/2017

Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: Increasing Clinician Awareness of This Serious, Enigmatic, Yet Treatable Disease

Alexandra Flynn, Matthew Macaluso, Inna D’Empaire, and Megan M. Troutman

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2017

Diagnosis and Management of Sleep Disorders in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of the Literature

Shahla Mohsenin, MD, and Vahid Mohsenin, MD

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2017

Review of Evidence for Use of Antidepressants in Bipolar Depression

Shane J. McInerney, MB, MSc, MRCPsych, and Sidney H. Kennedy, MD, FRCPC

[Activity] [Posttest] 10/31/2017

A Cross-Sectional Study of Major Repeaters: A Distinct Phenotype of Suicidal Behavior

Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, MD, PhD; Isabelle Jaussent, PhD; Emilie Olié, MD, PhD; Severine Béziat, MSc; Sebastien Guillaume, MD, Paula Artieda-Urrutia, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Jose de Leon, and Philippe Courtet

[Activity] [Posttest] 8/31/2017

Pharmacologic Treatment of Dimensional Anxious Depression: A Review

Dawn F. Ionescu, Mark J. Niciu, Erica M. Richards, and Carlos A. Zarate, Jr

[Activity] [Posttest] 6/30/2017

Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Primary Care Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

Improving Outcomes for Primary Care Patients With Depression

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

[Activity] [Posttest] 12/31/2017