Everyone needs continuing education. But who needs to be overwhelmed by it?

For more than 40 years, Directions in Psychiatry remains the pre-eminent continuing medical education program for psychiatrists worldwide.


Concise, essential, authoritative and timely, Directions in Psychiatry has delivered on the promise of insightful and useful information that psychiatrists world-wide need to stay current and earn psychiatry CME requirements. Directions in Psychiatry keeps you up-to-date as you earn 40 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits annually in the comfort of your home or office.


Submit your test answers online as you progress and receive your CME certificate instantly upon completion. It's the most convenient way to get your psychiatry CME work done from home, office, vacation or while traveling.

CME BENEFITS & AWARDS:

  • 40 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits
  • 20 Essential Lessons 
  • Convenient Digital Delivery Option
  • Print Edition Available
  • Permanent Record of Psychiatry CME Activities
  • Top Faculty from Leading Institutions
  • Online Quizzes
  • Instant CME Certificate Upon Completion
  • Designed for Rapid Learning
  • Abstract for Instant Review
  • Toll-free Customer Service Support


Digital Option: Coursework available in four parts, released over the course of the year.
Digital+Print Option: Printed coursework will be sent to you via USPS Priority Mail in four parts as they are published.

This course awards 40 AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits upon completion.

Lessons: 20 per volume

CME Credits: 40 Category 1 CME credits

Multiple-Choice Questions: 4 per lesson

Estimated Time to complete each lesson: 2 hours

Approvals: ACCME, MOC Section 3

Psychiatry CME Course Curriculum

Part 1: Lessons 1-5

The Role of Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies in Prescribing and Dispensing Psychotropic Medications

Psychiatric Consequences of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges

Fundamentals of Drug Interactions in Clinical Practice

Preventing Mass Shootings: A Call to Action

Recovery of Friends and Family of People with Substance Use Disorders

Part 2: Lessons 6-10

Pharmacogenomics in Psychiatry 101

Utilization of Pharmacogenomic Testing in Major Depressive Disorder and Psychosis

Evaluating Psychotic Symptoms in Geriatric Patients

Exceptional Critical Concerns for Patients Facing Aging and Death

Adolescent School Shootings: Undiagnosed and Untreated Psychiatric Illness

Part 3: Lessons 11-15

Impaired Physicians: Understanding the Causes, Consequences, and Effective Interventions

Recovery-Based Psychiatry

Fixing the Crooked House: Managing Psychological and Physiological Stress Responses

A Review of Psychopharmacotherapy for Geriatric Depression, Part 1

A Review of Psychopharmacotherapy for Geriatric Depression, Part 2

Part 4: Lessons 16-20

Methadone vs Buprenorphine in the Fentanyl Overdose Era, Part 1

Methadone vs Buprenorphine in the Fentanyl Overdose Era, Part 2: History and Future of Methadone Maintenance

Antidepressants in Pregnancy

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A Clinician’s Guide to Body Image Satisfaction in Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals

Accreditation Statement

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
 The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

American Medical Association 
The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum number of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) designates that this activity awards up to 40 Self-Assessment CME credits. This course has been approved by the ABPN from March 21, 2025 - March 21, 2028.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program. 

For more information on this agreement, please visit this link.

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Pricing options

Choose either digital only or add print edition to your order. Printed course will be mailed to you via USPS.