Mental Health Clinician Volume 2: Issue 10

Psychiatric illnesses are common and pharmacists need to be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of the illnesses and know how they are appropriately treated. Not all pharmacy students will have an opportunity to intern in a psychiatric setting during their fourth year, and there is not adequate time in the course of a problem based learning (PBL) therapeutics curriculum to teach many of the psychiatric illnesses and their treatment. This article describes an elective course in psychiatry offered to third-year pharmacy students, which incorporates the viewing of movies and reading of books related to psychiatric illness, in order to allow students to develop a working knowledge of basic and advanced therapeutic issues related to psychiatry and psychopharmacology.

Advanced practice pharmacy experiences (APPEs) are the foundations upon which pharmacy students develop the skills to apply the knowledge gained from their didactic courses. This article describes the APPEs in psychiatric pharmacy that are offered at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy.

Teaching large classes can be a challenge, especially if you are doing this for the first time. This article addresses how to approach teaching large classes and provides some strategies for promoting student engagement to facilitate learning.

CPNP members maintain a suggested reading list to provide information on peer recommended resources and convenient access to the highest quality neuropsychopharmacology publications. A reminder that if you shop with CPNP, by following the links below to Amazon, a small commission will be paid to CPNP which helps to financially support our mission to improve the minds and lives of individuals with psychiatric and/or neurologic disorders.

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Book: Uppers Downers All Arounders: Physical and Mental Effects of Psychoactive Drugs

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Comparison of pharmacist-led outpatient depression management to current prescriber-led depression management

Allison R. BowmanPharmD, BCPP,

Emily N. GrayPharmD, BCPP,

Amanda HembreePharmD, BCPS,

Bobbi Jo NumbersPharmD, BCPP,

Madison KirklandPharmD,

Teresa CooperPharmD, and

Andrea StrocenPharmD

Pharmacist graduation competencies in a transformed healthcare market – Implications for psychiatric pharmacy

Toolbox: Tips for writing multiple choice questions

Movies and mental illness: A psychiatry elective for third year pharmacy students

Advanced practice pharmacy experiences (APPE) in psychiatric pharmacy

Teaching and engaging students in large classes

Development of a collaborative psychiatric advanced pharmacy practice experience

Occupational methamphetamine manufacturing toxin exposure: An exposure example

Book Review: Uppers downers all arounders: Physical and mental effects of psychoactive drugs

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Medication in the movies, Silver Linings Playbook: Views from two student groups

REVIEW FROM STUDENT GROUP 1

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DIGGING DATA FOR A HEALTHIER WORLD

Comparison of pharmacist-led outpatient depression management to current prescriber-led depression management

Safety considerations for patients using cannabis

Systematic literature review of the impact of psychiatric pharmacists: SLR2

The efficacy and safety of antidepressants as alternative treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in pediatric populations

Pharmacological management of binge eating disorder

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Editorial: Elevating to new heights in neuropsychiatric pharmacy at the 2013 CPNP Annual Meeting

Tis the season of endorsements

A review of eslicarbazepine acetate (Stedesa®)