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Digital Seminar

Geriatric Psychopharmacology Updates & Trends


Speaker:
Tamatha E Arms, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C
Duration:
2 Hours
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Sep 21, 2021
Product Code:
POS078385
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Are you a busy clinician who does not have time to keep up with the latest medications and trends in geriatric prescribing? This seminar will provide you with the information you need to feel more confident in choosing the right medication for your older adult patients with mental health issues and dementia. Join me, Dr. Tamatha Arms, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C, as I discuss the newest recommendations from the American Geriatrics Society and the American Psychiatric Association and review the new neuropsychiatric medications available.  We are also learning that COVID-19 has been linked to long-term effects on the neurological system, causing delirium after recovery. Learn the latest indications for recognizing this condition and medication management options.

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University of North Carolina Wilmington


Tamatha Arms, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C, is an adult/geriatric and psych mental health nurse practitioner. She has 25 years of clinical experience and 9 years in academia where she teaches psychopharmacology. Her clinical expertise and research area of focus is on geropsychiatry.  

Tamatha has presented and published nationally and internationally to various interdisciplinary audiences on geropsychiatry. She is the author of more than 20 articles, 5 book chapters, of which 3 were invited, and she has co-authored a book. She is active in international nursing organizations (Sigma) as the North America Region 13 coordinator, and at the national level (the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association [GAPNA]), chair of the Geropsych SIG.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Dr. Tamatha Arms is an Assistant Professor at The University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is a published author and receives royalties. Dr. Arms receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Tamatha Arms is a member of the Southern Nurse Research Society, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, GeroPsyche Focus group, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Sigma Theta Tau International Nu-Omega chapter.


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Objectives

  1. Apply principles of deprescribing anticholinergics. 
  2. Differentiate options for use of anxiolytics. 
  3. Diagnose and treat COVID related delirium. 
  4. Assess common drug interactions for dementia drugs. 
  5. Choose the optimum treatment for late life depression. 
  6. Analyze and prescribe the appropriate new neuropsychiatric medications. 

Outline

Anticholinergics 

Anxiolytics 

Delirium from COVID

  • Management with psychopharmacology 

Dementia drugs and common drug interactions  

Best strategies for use of antidepressants in older adults 

Antipsychotics

  • Brexpiprazole
  • Lumateperone
  • Lybalvi
  • Cariprazine
  • Lurasidone 

Antidepressants

  • Esketamine 

Sleep disorders

  • Pitolisant
  • Lemborexant
  • Vortioxetine hydrobromide 

Parkinson’s

  • Istradefylline
  • Pimavanserin
  • Apomorphine HCL 

Dementia

  • Aducanumab 

Tardive dyskinesia

  • Deutetrabenozine 

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Clinical Nurse Specialists
  • Physician Assistants
  • Physicians
  • Physical Therapists
  • Physical Therapist Assistants
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Speech Language Pathologists
  • Social Workers
  • Nursing Home Administrators

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