Geriatric Medicine CME Courses
Geriatric Medicine CME Courses
Credits: 1 (AMA PRA Category 1)
Format: Interactive Online
Price: Free
Release Date: 4/4/17
Expiration Date: 6/23/18
Summary:
Speakers
- George T. Grossberg, MD Samuel W. Fordyce Professor; Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
- David Beck, MD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Topic and Learning Objectives
- Identify different and various forms of agitation among patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Review proposed mechanisms underlying agitation in AD and how pharmacologic agents may affect them
- Evaluate body of evidence of current and emerging pharmacologic agents for the management of agitation/aggression in patients with AD