Understanding & Addressing Medication Adherence In Psychiatry

Description

Virtual Forum: Understanding & Addressing Medication Adherence In Psychiatry

Location: Online Via PsychU.org

Description: Medication adherence is of great importance in optimizing outcomes in psychiatry, however definitions and understanding of adherence have evolved over time. In this virtual forum, Dawn Velligan, PhD and Michael Measom, MD will discuss the evolving definitions of adherence, those factors influencing and contributing to it, outcomes associated with poor adherence, misperceptions in estimating adherence, and strategies that may help improve it. The virtual forum will conclude with time for questions from the audience.

Drs. Velligan and Measom are paid consultants for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

Event Speakers

Dawn I. Velligan, PhD
Featured Speaker

Director of the Division of Community Recovery, Research and Training, and Henry B. Dielmann Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center, in San Antonio, TX

Michael Measom, MD
Featured Speaker

Medical Director of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team at Volunteers of America, Medical Director at A/D Psychotherapy and Clinical Medical Director at New Roads Behavioral Health in Salt Lake City, UT