Major Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Disorders,Off Label Prescribing of Mood Stabilizer
Dr. Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C, DFAAPA
“Thanks for all the wonderful reference materials!!!! I will get a lot of use from them. With gratitude.
Good reminders for us within specialty clinics for better overall care
Excellent lecture with great cases that helped clarify information.
Interesting, Pharmacotherapy pretty helpful
Really simplified things. I like the case presentations in all of your talks! Also- funny sense of humor.
The material covered was helpful and useful.
This session is why I chose to come to this conference. Would love to see more psych med sessions or an entire conference on mental health.”
About This Course
Recorded April 24, 2025 and valid to April 24, 2028
Price $75 for 3 Hours
ON DEMAND 2025-02-20: Brushard - Major Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Disorders,Off Label Prescribing of Mood Stabilizers-
Learning Objectives
Discuss pharmacologic management options within clinical cases of patients with depression.
.Relate physiologic and pathophysiologic alternations of brain neurochemistry to symptoms of depression, including the genetic link and molecular basis of injury.4.Apply clinical practice guidelines and expert recommendations for antidepressant therapies.
Describe key parameters for medications used to treat depression, including mechanism, safety, tolerability, efficacy, price, and simplicity of use.
Managing Anxiety and Sleep Disorders: Drug and N on-Pharmacologic Considerations
Describe signs and symptoms of common sleep disorders and anxiety disorders with a focus on older adults.
Discuss common anxiety disorders, including the neurobiological basis of disease, clinical presentation, assessment, and approach to treatment.
Recognize evidence-based treatments for insomnia and common anxiety disorders, including lifestyle, behavioral, and pharmacologic interventions.
Identify key parameters that warrant referral to specialty care for individuals with insomnia and/or anxiety disorders.
Mood Stabilizers in Primary Care: Off Label Prescribing
Discuss “off-label” use of mood stabilizers and psychotropic agents for agitation, restlessness, insomnia, and other behavioral symptoms.
Differentiate commonly prescribed agents by pharmacologic class, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetic factors, indications/uses, as well as tolerability, and efficacy.
Apply best practices in prescribing and shared decision making when considering “off label” use of drugs in a case scenario involving dementia and brain injury.
Consider steps to optimize benefits and reduce risks to patients, while prescribing with liability authority.
Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C, DFAAPA
DFAAPA Professor, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA. PA in Primary Care. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Journal of the American Academy of PAs. Principal Investigator Expansion of Practitioner Education in Substance Use Disorders Program, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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