Introduction to Psychiatric Prescribing for Primary Care Clinicians [Conf '25]
CE Information
1.0 contact hour (1.0 pharmacology)Completion Time
1 hourAvailable Until
October 16, 2027Posted By
ARNPs United of Washington StateNavigate
Overview
The purpose of this presentation is to introduce guidelines and resources for effective medication management for mental health conditions commonly presenting in the primary care setting. Approximately eighty percent of psychiatric prescribing is done in the primary care setting, but advanced practice primary care providers often have minimal-to-no experience with psychiatry in their clinical rotations. This presentation will introduce strategies to help primary care providers prescribe appropriately and determine when referral is necessary. We will consider initial prescribing for anxiety, depression, psychoses,and substance use disorders.
Speakers

MaryAnne Murray does psychiatric and substance use disorder care on Washington's Long Beach Peninsula. She works in settings which integrate primary care and mental health care, and precepts graduate nursing students from multiple universities. She is passionate about addiction recovery and creating high quality rural health care.
CE Information
This activity offers 1.0 contact hour (1.0 pharmacology) to attendees.
Accredited by Pending Accreditation by the Pacific Lutheran University Center for Continued Nursing Learning, approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Activity Content
Registration to this activity includes access to the following supporting materials.
- F32 Intro to Psychiatric Rx 2025 HO 2-Up.pdf (Size: 2.9 MB)
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