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, ABPN, RCC

Course Curriculum

Cannabis: Medicine or Mayhem? Part III—Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Cannabis Use Disorder

Community Psychiatry—Coordinated Mental Health Care During a National Disaster: A Case Report of Hurricane Harvey

Genetic Basis of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Antipsychotic Drugs: A Review

Medication-Assisted Therapy and Psychosocial Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders: Recipe for Successful Integration to Improve Outcomes and Retention and to Prevent Death—Part 1

Medication-Assisted Therapy and Psychosocial Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders: Recipe for Successful Integration to Improve Outcomes and Retention and to Prevent Death—Part 2

Telepsychiatry: Benefits, Limitations, and Ethical Issues

Naloxone and Naltrexone: The Story of Opioid Antagonists

A Clinician’s Guide to Mental Health Issues Facing College Students: Part 1, Mood Disorders, Anxiety, PTSD, and OCD

A Clinician’s Guide to Mental Health Issues Facing College Students: Part 2, Substance Use, ADHD, Eating Disorders, and Schizophrenia

Competence to Consent and Its Relationship With Cognitive Function in Patients With Schizophrenia

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas, Part 1: An Overview

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas, Part 2: Ethical and Cultural Relativism and Other Issues in Decision-Making

Emerging Trends In Ethics: What Clinicians May Not Know

Differentiating Tardive Dyskinesia From Chronic Movement Disorders in Patients with Psychiatric Conditions

New Perspectives in Phenomenological Psychopathology: Its Use in Psychiatric Treatment

Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder: From Mechanisms to Assessments and Treatments, Part 1: Neurobiological Correlates

Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder: From Mechanisms to Assessments and Treatments, Part 2: Psychological and Pharmacological Treatment

Initiation of Buprenorphine in the Emergency Room Setting

Racial Microaggressions as Barriers to Treatment in Clinical Care

Empirically Based Psychosocial Therapies for Schizophrenia: The Disconnection between Science and Practice

Accreditation Statement

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

The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. designates this CME activity for a maximum number of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABPN
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology designates that this activity awards up to 40 Self-Assessment CME credits. The approval period is for March 24, 2023 – March 24, 2026

Royal College of Canada
This program is an accredited self-assessment program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association. You may claim a maximum of 25 hours (credits are automatically calculated). This approval will expire July 23, 2023.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this course work? When does it start?

This course is completely online and you can start right now. You can enter the course whenever you want and take it at your own pace. All course materials will be available to you upon purchase in PDF form. Your certificate will be available to you immediately upon successful completion of the coursework quizzes.

Who should take your courses?

Any healthcare professional who want to keep up-to-date on the latest drug and clinical research, and those seeking high quality CME & CE programs to receive credit or contact hours for re-licensure.

Can I get a certificate if I am not a healthcare professional?
At Hatherleigh, we only issue certificates officially accredited for the health professions. In order to obtain this certificate, it is necessary to be in possession of a qualifying title to the health professions.

At Hatherleigh, we only issue certificates officially to licensed and certified health professionals.

When can I access the course?

Anytime! Once you have registered, you can access the course whenever you want, wherever you want and from any device you use.

Is there a deadline for course completion?

All of our courses should be completed within a three-year period from the purchase date. Accreditation and regulation changes occur. To ensure that you earn the maximum amount of credit from your course, we have instituted a three-year period for completion. Your certificate will state the date your coursework is completed.

What if I don't like the course? Can I have my money back?

All of our courses are unconditionally guaranteed for 30 days. 

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