Providing Psychiatric Care to Disadvantaged Patients: A Pharmacist’s Perspective
Shadi Doroudgar, PharmD, APh, BCPS, BCGP, BCPP Assistant Professor, Touro University
Vallejo, California Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice Residency Research Coordinator
Learning objectives:
After the completion of reading the article, the reader will be able to:
- Describe the relationship between low socioeconomic status and mental illness.
- Explain four types of barriers to care that disadvantaged patients commonly experience and recommend approaches to help disadvantaged patients overcome barriers to care.
- List three misperceptions patients with mental illness may have that can undermine medication adherence, and steps pharmacists can take to address misperceptions.
- List eight methods pharmacists can implement to help disadvantaged patients with mental illness overcome challenges to access and adherence for their medications.
Type of activity: knowledge
Target audience: pharmacists including pharmacy residents
Location: NCCCP eNewsletter and NCCCP website https://ncccp.net/ce/
Date and schedule: May 1, 2018
ACPE – pharmacist accreditation credit hours: 0.25
The ACPE Universal Activity Number: 0217-9999-18-146-H04-P
Go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MXYLHQ2 to take the post-exam. Pharmacists who pass the post-test with a score of 70% or higher will be provided a code to report 0.25 credit hours to NAPB until March 31, 2018. After March 31, 2018, pharmacists who pass the post-test with a score of 70% or higher must have a valid NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth on file with ACCP and ACCP will submit credit to NABP. ACCP membership is not required; a free ACCP account can be created at https://www.accp.com/signin/register.aspx
Fee: Members – Free; Non-members – Free
This is a free CE activity with no financial support from an individual or an organization.
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This activity is a knowledge-based activity and will provide 0.25 contact hour of continuing pharmacy education. To claim continuing pharmacy education credit participants must visit www.accp.com/ce and enter the code provided during the session. All participants must have a valid NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth on file with ACCP, and must claim their CPE credit on the ACCP website by March 31, 2018. Statements of credit for this activity will be available on CPE Monitor approximately 2-3 business days after credit has been claimed on the ACCP website.
After March 31, 2018, pharmacists who pass the post-test with a score of 70% or higher must have a valid NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth on file with ACCP and ACCP will submit credit to NABP. ACCP membership is not required; a free ACCP account can be created at https://www.accp.com/signin/
Reviewer Patrick Finley, PharmD, BCPP reports no conflicts of interest.
Reviewer Lovelle Yano, PharmD, MA, BCPS reports no conflicts of interest.
Reviewer Victoria Sun-Huie, MS, BCPS, reports no conflicts of interest.
Reviewer Diane Wong, PharmD, reports no conflicts of interest.
Reviewer Patty Montgomery, PharmD, HACP reports no conflicts of interest.
Reviewer Tina Denetclaw, PharmD, APh, BCPS reports no conflicts of interest.
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