This page has links and instructions for taking the 8 CME post-test for the Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychiatry: A Fact Book (2026) and download links PDF/eBook access.

his page has links and instructions for taking the 8 CME post-test for the Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychiatry: A Fact Book (2026) and download links PDF/eBook access.

By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credits.

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Most older adults with depression can't access weekly psychotherapy, but brief, structured interventions can still help. This article reviews three approaches proven effective in brief visits and shows how clinicians can weave them into a standard medication check without adding time.

Loneliness and social isolation aren't the same thing, and the distinction matters clinically. Dr. Jin Hui Joo explains how chronic loneliness drives depression, suicide risk, and dementia, which screening tools are practical in a busy clinic, and how to tailor interventions for bereaved, caregiving, and homebound patients.

Is it the heart or the mind—and which psychotropic is safe to prescribe? This update reviews QTc risk, orthostasis, and metabolic effects across antidepressants and antipsychotics in cardiac patients.

 Older adults receive less psychotherapy than any other age group, partly on the assumption that talk therapy works less well in late life. Does the evidence back that assumption up?