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The therapeutic goal for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is ultimately to achieve disease remission and improve quality of life for patients. A number of factors often prevent remission. These include less-than-satisfactory treatment coupled with inconsistent management strategies. Under these circumstances, patient adherence to the prescribed treatment regimen can be suboptimal; in addition, discordance between patient and provider can occur.In an effort to bridge the gap between physician and…See More

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is underdiagnosed, and a call to action to improve care has been issued by the National Institutes of Health, various medical specialty societies, patient advocacy groups, and national clinical experts. In order for clinicians to improve detection, it is important to 1) know how depression presents in older patients, which is different from how it presents in younger adults; 2) be able to sort through its differential diagnosis; and 3) use validated…See More

Join us for this free CME activity on Mental Illness.The increasing collaboration between technology and medicine offers new methods and tools for behavioral health care, leading to improved patient outcomes. For example, individuals can get relief from pain or overcome their phobias and other anxiety disorders by immersing themselves in computer-generated worlds, either as virtual reality (VR) or gaming environments.See More

  For For patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), achieving remission is the penultimate therapeutic goal. Still, many patients treated with the standard initial treatment do not achieve a full and durable response. Rather, they are at high risk for residual and recurrent symptoms, treatment-resistance, and relapse.1 This neuroscienceCME Chart Review activity addresses clinician-based gaps that may contribute to suboptimal rates of long-term, sustained remission among patients with MDD.…See More

Join us on November 17th for this free neuroscienceCME activity on major depressive disorder. See More

Join us on November 16 for this free CME Live and On Demand activity on Rheumatoid Arthritis.This CE activity is offered as a webcast, and via telephone. See More

Today, 450 million people globally live with mental disorders in both developed and developing countries. In fact, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1 in every 4 people, or 25% of individuals, develops one or more mental disorders at some stage in life.This activity offers CE credit for:Physicians (CME)All other clinicians will either receive a CME Attendance Certificate or may choose any of the types of CE credit being offered. See More

Join us for this free CME activity on Major Depressive Disorder. See More

Join us for this free CME activity. See More

Join us on October 26 for this free CME Live and On Demand activity on Major Depressive Disorder.This CE activity is offered as a webcast, and via telephone.See More

Join us on October 5 for this free CME Live and On Demand activity on Antipsychotic Maintenance Therapy. This CE activity is offered as a satellite broadcast, webcast, and via telephone. See More