Course Information

Release date: December 18, 2024
Expiration date: December 18, 2025
Estimated time to complete activity: 60 minutes

PROVIDER STATEMENT

This activity is provided by Integrity CE, LLC.

DISCLOSURE OF COMMERCIAL SUPPORT

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Bristol Myers Squibb.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Before the voices, before the hallucinations — easily identifiable symptoms of the psychosis that is common in schizophrenia — people with this psychiatric disorder often show signs of having difficulty with learning, problem solving, remembering details, or expressing thoughts. These are often unrecognized early harbingers of schizophrenia. Referred to as cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS), difficulty learning and problem solving is now believed to be a prodromal phase that can appear many years before the psychotic symptoms that are the hallmark of schizophrenia. Sadly, there are no treatments to address CIAS as all currently available antipsychotics show efficacy only for the “positive” signs of schizophrenia (eg, delusions, paranoia). Join schizophrenia expert Dr. Daniel C. Javitt as he discusses this unmet need, along with ways that artificial intelligence may or may not assist in lessening the burdens associated with the management of schizophrenia.

Learning Objectives

TARGET AUDIENCE

This activity addresses the needs of psychiatrists, psychiatry mental health therapists (eg, psychologists, social workers, case managers), nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, primary care providers and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with CIAS.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

Describe the immediate and long-term effects of CIAS
Identify neurotransmitters and brain regions involved in the pathophysiology of CIAS that cause its manifestations to differ from symptoms in the negative domain
Plan to incorporate an emerging therapeutic agent for CIAS into therapeutic options for appropriately selected patients with schizophrenia based on safety, efficacy, and mechanism of action

Faculty Information and Disclosures

FACULTY

Daniel C. Javitt, MD, PhD
Professor and Director, Division of Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York
Director, Schizophrenia Research
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Orangeburg, New York

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Daniel C. Javitt, MD, PhD
Consultant: SK Life Science
Data, Safety, Monitoring Board Member: Biogen
Major Shareholder: NRx Pharmaceuticals
Speaker: Boehringer Ingelheim

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Accreditation Information

DIRECTIONS TO LEARNER

There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this activity. During the period of December 18, 2024 through December 18, 2025, participants must:

Read the learning objectives
Complete the pretest
Study the educational activity
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CREDIT DESIGNATION

Integrity CE, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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MEDIA

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DISCLAIMER

The information provided at this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

Release date: December 18, 2024Expiration date: December 18, 2025Estimated time to complete activity: 60 minutes

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