The continuing medical education activity in the International Drug Therapy newsletter is intended for psychiatrists and other physicians with an interest in psychotropic drug therapy. This eight-page newsletter is published monthly. The focus of the newsletter is drug therapy for psychiatric patients-psychotropic treatments for psychiatric disorders. There has been an explosion in the use of psychotropic agents. Pharmaceutical companies continue to research and fuel their pipelines for newer, more efficient psychodynamic mechanisms.
Patients routinely request antidepressant agents.
Psychiatric drugs have improved in recent years and there are many more patient treatment options available for physicians. They need practical, straightforward reviews of these agents. The nature of the material included in IDT can best assist physicians in psychiatry by complementing and reinforcing traditional tools such as book and journal reading, lectures presented at professional meetings, and direct interaction with colleagues. The IDT newsletter will present an interactive approach for participants. The learning objectives and quiz questions will reinforce the material covered in the CME activity.