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 An Evidence-Based Approach to Treating Behavioral Disturbances & Seizures in Older Patients
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Treating Behavioral Disturbances & Seizures in Older Patients

After completing this program, participants will be able to:
  • Describe the diagnostic paradigm to differentiate the multiple neurological causes for behavioral distress, including dementia and other neurological causes, seizure disorders, and psychiatric illness.
  • Compare and contrast antiepileptic drugs based on safety and efficacy profiles, as well as drug-drug interactions, in older patients who often have complicated drug regimens.
  • Evaluate pharmacologic treatment of the older adult considering safety, tolerability, ease of dosing, and neuroprotective effects of common psychotropic agents.



Target Audience

Physicians, Pharmacists, and Nurse Practitioners


Faculty 

Program Chair
Jeanne Jackson-Siegal, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Alzheimer’s Resource Center
Partner – Geriatric and Adult Psychiatry, LLP
New Haven, CT
Disclosure: Consultant, Eli Lilly and Company; Grant/Research Support: Eli Lilly and Company; Ono Pharmaceuticals; Sanofi-Aventis Honoraria: AstraZeneca, Eisai, Inc., Forest Laboratories, Pfizer, Inc.

Joseph Sirven, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ
Disclosure: Grant/Research Support: UCB

Alan P. Siegal, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine 
Director – Geriatric and Adult Psychiatry, LLP
New Haven, CT
Disclosure: Consultant, Eli Lilly and Company; Grant/Research Support: Eli Lilly and Company, Ono Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi-Aventis; Honoraria: AstraZeneca, Eisai, Inc., Forest Laboratories, Pfizer, Inc

Thomas C. Snader, PharmD, FASCP
President, TCS Pharmacy Consultants
Philadelphia, PA
Disclosure: Honoraria: Abbott, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ortho Biotech



Technologies Used

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ACPE Accreditation
ABcomm, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

This home study web activity has been assigned a maximum of 2.5 credit hours (0.25 CEU) and the ACPE UPN: 811-000-06-001-H01.

This accreditation expires on 11/22/2009.
 
To receive educational credit, participants must complete an online evaluation form and pass the online assessment with a score of 70% or better. If you do not receive a minimum score of 70% or better, you are permitted 1 retake(s). After passing the assessment, you can view, print and track your statements of credit online. There is no fee to participate in this activity.

ACCME Accreditation
ABcomm, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

This home study web activity has been assigned a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

This accreditation expires on 11/22/2009.
 
To receive educational credit, participants must complete an online evaluation form and pass the online assessment with a score of 70% or better. If you do not receive a minimum score of 70% or better, you are permitted 1 retake(s). After passing the assessment, you can view, print and track your statements of credit online. There is no fee to participate in this activity.

AANP Accreditation
ABcomm, Inc. is an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Approved Provider Number 040811.

This home study web activity has been assigned a maximum of 2.5 credit hours.

This accreditation expires on 11/22/2009.
 
To receive educational credit, participants must complete an online evaluation form and pass the online assessment with a score of 70% or better. If you do not receive a minimum score of 70% or better, you are permitted 1 retake(s). After passing the assessment, you can view, print and track your statements of credit online. There is no fee to participate in this activity.

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