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Addiction CME is a group of sites concerned with education and treatment for alcohol abuse, narcotic drug abuse and tobacco cessation.

Addiction CME consists of four closely related sections, described below, and a 5th section on cardiothoracic transplantation, described separately.

• Alcohol CME.com
  Last visited...2/2007.
  Credit hours....20 courses offering 20 hours.
  Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc.
  Cost...........$15
  Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive or Slide-Audio lecture.
  Target Audiences...General Interest, PSYCH.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Activities consist of replays of live conferences, Best Practice - Core Courses, Alcohol Science and Best Practice - Other Courses.

• BuprenorphineCME.com
  Last visited...2/2007.
  Credit hours....12 courses offering 8 hours and DATA 2000 certification.
  Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc.
  Cost...........$150,
  Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
  Target Audiences...General Interest, PSYCH.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...National Institute on Drug Abuse and The American Society of Addiction Medicine.

"The Buprenorphine Training Program fulfills the physician-training requirements of the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000).  According to DATA 2000 requirements, physicians must complete 8 hours of education, such as this program provides, if they wish to become eligible to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid dependence.  Upon the successful completion of the training, and once they have met other requirements, physicians can submit a “notification of intent” to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to become eligible to prescribe buprenorphine."

• TobaccoCME.com
  Last visited...2/2007.
  Credit hours....Courses offer 0.5 to 1.5 hours each (18 courses offering a total of 18 hours)
  Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc.
  Cost...........$15,
  Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
  Target Audiences...General Interest, PSYCH.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

The courses are presented in these groups: Tobacco Cessation Core Curriculum, General Topics on Tobacco Cessation, Topics on Youth and Tobacco Control, and Topics on Women and Smoking Cessation.

• TobaccoFreePatients.com
  Last visited...2/2007.
  Credit hours....Courses offer 0.5 to 1.5 hours each (18 courses offering a total of 18 hours)
  Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc.
  Cost...........$15,
  Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
  Target Audiences...General Interest, PSYCH.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...National cancer Institute.

Tobacco Free Patients is an online training program in how to provide clinical tobacco interventions, based on a National Cancer Institute educational program, Help Your Patients Be Tobacco Free (Mecklenburg, 1997). Courses were reviewed by tobacco experts and primary care physicians and feature evidence-based, clinically relevant information, key points, interactive questions, patient handouts, clinical forms, and helpful links.

• TobaccoTreatmentTraining.com
  Last visited...2/2007.
  Credit hours....9.5.
  Awarded by....American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).
  Cost...........$150,
  Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
  Target Audiences...General Interest, PSYCH.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...National cancer Institute and national heart Lung and Blood Institute.

To earn your Tobacco Treatment Training Program Certificate, complete all 6 mandatory courses: Overview of Tobacco Cessation, Pharmacotherapy of Tobacco Cessation, Five Cases: Basic Tobacco Cessation Interventions, Motivational Interviewing for Primary Care, Tobacco Dependence and Health Effects of Tobacco. There are also 3 optional courses: Julie: Pregnancy and Smoking, Teens and Tobacco: A Case, and Children and Tobacco: Three Cases.

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 2007 Psychopharmacology Update Online CME Program
Last visited...12/2007.
Credit hours....14.
Awarded by....AACAP
Cost for Credit...(Probably) $140 for AACAP members; $280 for non-members (you need to register in order to see prices)..
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audiences...PSYCH, PED
Educational material last updated....9/2007.
Financial Support...Lilly.
CME Credit Expires...9/5/2008.

The goal of the 2007 Psychopharmacology Update Online Program is to provide an update regarding the safety and efficacy of psychotropic medications, comparing and contrasting children, adolescent, and adults. Practitioners are exposed to expert opinions and the most current data on developmental differences in the conditions being treated as well as the overall risks and benefits of the treatments.

American Psychiatric Association
Last visited....8/2007.
Credit hours....1.0 to 8.0 per course (about 111 activities offering about 145 total hours).
Awarded by.....American Psychiatric Association.
Cost............About $20 per credit for non-members; free to members of APA (except for Buprenorphine courses and access to BEST of the 2007 Annual Meeting).
Instruction Type....Text-Only (Guidelines, Monographs and HIV) or Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial support...Many Pharmaceutical Companies.

The newest courses are: Principles of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Online video course; BEST of the 2007 Annual Meeting; and Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; ASD and PTSD; Schizophrenia and Suicidal Behavior; and Substance Use Disorders. Other courses include: Buprenorphine for Office Based Treatment of Opiate Dependent Patients; Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment, A refresher course; Molecular Biology of Memory: A Dialogue Between Genes and Synapses; Alzheimer's Disease: and Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; HIV/AIDS; Delirium; Major Depressive Disorder, and Panic Disorder. Selected lectures from the 2006 and 2005 Annual meetings are still available without charge after a separate registration.

Changing Lanes (Cyberrounds-MAO Inhibitors)
Last visited...8/2007.
Credit hours...Three activities, each offering 2 hours.
Awarded by...Cyberrounds.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Interactive game ("bowling").
Target Audiences....PSYCH.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial Support...Bristol Myers Squibb.

Changing Lanes is an "interactive program on new strategies for MAOIs in the management of depression. Like a bowling tournament, there are three games -- each one focusing on a different topic -- interactions (drug-drug and drug-food), clinical issues and basic neuroscience." Go to the Cyberrounds main page and click on Free CME at our Changing Lanes to enter the program.

(The) CME Institute (Formerly Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Online CME)
Last visited...3/2008. 
Credit hours...Too numerous to count.
Awarded by....CME Institute of Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
Cost...........Most are free; some require "platinum membership" ($66 per year).
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures; Text-Only; Case-based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....PSYCH
Educational material last updated....3/08.
Financial Support...Multiple pharmaceutical companies.

This re-designed and re-named site will take some practice to navigate. There is a huge quantity of material in varying formats. This  includes:
Classes (Interactive presentations that allow you to learn at your own pace); 
Lectures (with slide presentations).
CME From The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (each activity includes multiple articles).
CME From The Primary Care Companion (each activity from includes a PDF of one or more articles).
Supplements to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (most offer CME credit).
Supplements to The Primary Care Companion (offer CME credit, and the full text is available free online).
Library (other CME activities in text format).
Medfair, the 3-D multimedia section of CME Institute, is not working well enough to recommend (6/19/06)

CME LLC Online Symposia
Last visited...3/2008. 
Credit hours...8 courses, each offering 1.0 credit-hour.
Awarded by....CME Inc.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audiences....PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Multiple pharmaceutical companies.

Alleviating the Burden of Fibromyalgia; Improving Functional Outcomes in Adolescent and Adult ADHD; Improving Patient Adherence in Schizophrenia; 
Optimizing Therapy in Schizophrenia; Targeting Novel Therapies in Schizophrenia; Understanding the Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder; Caring for Patients With Depression and Pain; and Managing Bipolar Depression: The Primary Care Physician's Role. 

DDHealthInfo.org (Developmental Disabilities)
Last visited...10/2007.
Credit hours...About 50 activities, each offering 0.5 credit-hours (total of about 25 hours).
Awarded by....University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit.....Free. 
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, PEDS, PSYCH.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...California Department of Developmental Services.
CME Credit Expires...June 30, 2010.

This website is designed to assist physicians in caring for persons with developmental disabilities. Topics include: Autistic Spectrum Disorders; Cerebral Palsy; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Down Syndrome; Spina Bifida; and 
more than 50 additional conditions and associated medical issues. Each activity is presented in outline style followed by five multiple choice questions.

EndingSuicide.com (previously called MentalHealthCME.com)
Last visited...2/2008.
Credit hours...21 courses offering 23.25 hours of credit..
Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc.
Cost...........$15 per hour
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences....General Interest, PSYCH.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...National Institute of Mental Health. 

Courses are organized into three groups:
Basics of Suicide Prevention (5 activities, 4.75 hours);
Suicide Risk  in Special Populations (7 activities, 10.75 hours); and
Suicide Prevention: Mental Illness (7 activities, 7.75 hours).

MeasureCME 
Last visited…11/2007.
Credit hours…2.0.
Awarded by…The France Foundation.
Cost…Free.
Instruction Type…Slide-Only.
Target Audiences…PSYCH.
Educational material last updated…11/07.
Financial Support… AstraZeneca.

Lecture 1: Evidence-Based Clinical Strategy: The Patient With Bipolar Disorder.
Lecture 2: Management of Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Patients with Bipolar Disorder.
To receive CME credit, print the CME application and evaluation form, and fax or mail it to The France Foundation.

Neuroscience CME
Last visited....7/2007.
Credit hours...10 activities each offering 1.0 credit hours.
Awarded by....CME Outfitters, LLC.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lectures.
Target Audiences....PSYCH.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

Webcast topics include Addiction; Weight Gain with the Atypicals; Sleep, Cognition, and Executive Function; Alcohol Dependence; Management of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder with Atypical Antipsychotics; Depression with Atypical Features; Individualized Treatment with Antipsychotics; and Recovery from Schizophrenia . Many lectures are also available live or as audio call-in shows.

OptumHealth Education
Last visited...3/2008.
Credit hours...One unit per activity (23).
Awarded by....various sponsors.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide- Video Lecture.
Target Audience....PSYCH, CARD, ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

OptumHealth Education is the new name of i3cme (also previously called psychCME). Most archived online activities offering credit are in Neuroscience (15) ; other areas are cardiovascular disease (3); hepatitis (1); renal cell carcinoma (1); and oncology (3).

Projects In Knowledge Advanced Certificate Program: Management of Mood Disorders
Last visited...6/2008.
Credit hours...20 activities, each 0.5 to 1.0 hour, for total of 12 hours.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio and Text.
Target Audience....PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Pfizer.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

These CME activities examine and disseminate current and emerging strategies for treating and managing patients with mood disorders. After concluding this series, you will be able to assess the diagnosis of mood disorders; evaluate the efficacy and safety of antidepressants and other agents; and Identify strategies designed to improve patient outcomes using novel regimens or combination regimens for the treatment of mood disorders. The first 6 activities are already posted (6/14/08); the other 14 will be posted as the year goes on.

Psychiatric Times
Last visited...3/2008.
Credit hours...1.5 per article; 9 articles (total of 13.5 hours).
Awarded by....CME, Inc.
Cost for Credit....$15.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...PSYCH.
Educ. material last updated....3/08.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Some recent articles are: Schizophrenia, Metabolic Syndrome, and Antipsychotics; Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Efficacy, Mechanisms, and Application; Neurocognitive Impairment in Borderline Personality Disorder?; Antipsychotic-Induced Movement Disorders: A Focus on Atypical Antipsychotics; and The Neural Substrates of Addiction.