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Pharmacologic Interventions for Dementia Syndromes

June 7, 2016 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Howard Aizenstein, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Bioengineering, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Course Objectives:

♦Apply data-supported pharmacologic management strategies including the roles, cautions and potential alternatives to using cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine, antipsychotics, and
antidepressants in ADRD.
♦ Apply data-supported strategies to identify and minimize the use of anticholinergic agents in
patients with ADRD.
♦ Understand the future clinical care: implications of research on AD biomarkers and clinical trials.

Program is approved for CE’s in PA

♦1.5 Medicine & Nursing
♦ 1.5 for PA L/CSW, LPC, LMFT, Psychology*
No cost for the first 50 professional registrants;  $25 for all others
♦SW, LPC, LMFT, & Psych participants must have completed the March 9 program on Assessment of ADRD in series to earn 3 CEs (1.5 for this one and 1.5 for previous one).

No Registration Fee Required

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Date:
June 7, 2016
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm