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CME / ABIM MOC

Are You Up to Date on the Management of Schizophrenia?

  • Authors: John Lauriello, MD
  • CME / ABIM MOC Released: 5/17/2022
  • Valid for credit through: 5/17/2023
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 0.25 ABIM MOC points

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for psychiatrists, primary care physicians, and nurse practitioners.

The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to self-assess their learning needs related to the management of schizophrenia.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Emerging treatments for schizophrenia
  • Self-assess learning needs related to
    • Treatment considerations for schizophrenia management


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Faculty

  • John Lauriello, MD

    Chair and Professor
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Sidney Kimmel Medical
    Thomas Jefferson University
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: John Lauriello, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: BioXel Therapeutics; Orexo
    Other: Data management Safety Boards for Avanair Therapeutics; BioXcel Therapeutics; Karuna Therapeutics

Editors

  • Lisette Arnaud-Hevi, PhD

    Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Lisette Arnaud-Hevi, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.

  • Megan Breuer, PhD

    Medical Writer, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Megan Breuer, PhD, has the following relevant financial relationship: Advisor/consultant Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (former)

Compliance Reviewer

  • Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Peer Reviewer

This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.


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  • Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Aggregate participant data will be shared with commercial supporters of this activity.

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CME / ABIM MOC

Are You Up to Date on the Management of Schizophrenia?

Authors: John Lauriello, MDFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC Released: 5/17/2022

Valid for credit through: 5/17/2023

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References

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  2. Bugarski-Kirola D, et al. Pimavanserin for negative symptoms of schizophrenia: results from the ADVANCE phase 2 randomised, placebo-controlled trial in North America and Europe. Lancet Psychiatry. 2022;9:41-58.
  3. Alkan E, et al. Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: relationships with cortical thickness in fronto-temporal regions, and dissociability from symptom severity. NPJ Schizophr. 2021;7:20.
  4. Heffernan MLR, et al. Ulotaront: A TAAR1 agonist for the treatment of schizophrenia. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2022;13:92-98.
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  9. Brannan SK, et al. Muscarinic cholinergic receptor agonist and peripheral antagonist for schizophrenia. N Engl J Med. 2021;384:717-726.
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  11. Kim J, et al. Insight and medication adherence in schizophrenia: An analysis of the CATIE trial. Neuropharmacology. 2020;168:107634.
  12. Ward K, et al. The treatment of acute agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: investigational drugs in early stages of their clinical development, and their clinical context and potential place in therapy. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2020;29:245-257.
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  17. Correll CU, et al. Safety and tolerability of lumateperone 42 mg: An open-label antipsychotic switch study in outpatients with stable schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2021;228:198-205.
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