Twelve individual CME activities are available through the newsletter each year.

The Lippincott CME Institute, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

An annual total of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM are available through the 12 annual issues of Psychopharm Review.

The Psychopharm Review newsletter is in its 42^nd volume year and is the oldest newsletter in the field of pharmacology. Editor-in-Chief Philip G. Janicak, MD, guides the direction of the newsletter. This eight-page newsletter is published monthly. The focus of the newsletter is drug therapy for psychiatric patients-psychotropic treatments for psychiatric disorders.

There has been an explosion in the use of psychotropic agents. Pharmaceutical companies continue to research and fuel their pipelines for newer, more efficient psychodynamic mechanisms. Patients routinely request antidepressant agents. Psychiatric drugs have improved in recent years and there are many more patient treatment options available for physicians.

The challenge for psychiatrists (and other physicians who prescribe psychotropic drugs) is to stay abreast of drug interactions, side effects, treatment strategies and combinations of drugs and other substances. They need practical, straightforward reviews of these agents. The nature of the material included in Psychopharm Review can best assist physicians in psychiatry by complementing and reinforcing traditional tools such as book and journal reading, lectures presented at professional meetings, and direct interaction with colleagues.

Faculty and author affiliations and financial disclosure information are procured and printed prior to each CME article in each issue.

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The Psychopharm Review CME Program enables CME subscribers to earn up to 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM per year. The article published in each issue throughout the year is designated course reading. Those who are interested in earning CME credit for individual issues should read each article and then take the exam included in issue. To earn CME credit, you must read the CME article(s) and complete the quiz and evaluation assessment survey on the enclosed form, answering at least 80% of the quiz questions correctly. Select the best answer and place a check mark or an X mark in the corresponding space on the enclosed answer form sheet. Do not fill in the answer box completely. Make a photocopy of the completed answer form for your own files and mail the original answer form in the enclosed postage-paid business reply envelope for receipt by LCMEI, Inc. by the expiration date printed in each issue. For more information, call (800) 787-8981. The CME credits are included in the subscription price.

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Eight evaluation assessment questions will be included as part of the CME Quiz. These questions ensure that we determine that each activity's learning objectives have been met, that the activity was of educational value to the target audience and was unbiased, and offer participants a method of feedback.

Each individual CME activity will expire within one year of the activity’s release date.