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NAMI Delaware is collaborating with PsychU to provide an educational webinar series: “Patient and Caregiver Resources in Mental Health”. Whether you live with a mental illness yourself or you provide support to someone who does, this virtual webinar series is for you. It features information that individuals can use to learn about their condition and to help them as they work with providers toward recovery. And if you are an advocate for someone with a mental illness, you will learn about tools to help you become a more effective one. 

Webinar 1: Patient Empowerment to Improve the Quality of Patient Care in Psychiatry 

Speaker: Mark Tacelosky, PharmD, Medical Science Liaison, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization Inc 

This presentation will cover the following objectives: 

• Define the basics of patient empowerment 
• Understand the importance of patient engagement and disengagement 
• Address potential barriers to patient empowerment 
• Explore opportunities to increase patient empowerment in Psychiatry

This virtual webinar series is brought to you by PsychU. The PsychU community is comprised of over 60,000 physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, clinicians, care managers, nurses, pharmacists, medical directors, payers, administrators, and other mental health care professionals dedicated to improving the future of mental health care through information, discussion, and collaboration. Free resources for patients and caregivers can be found at: https://www.psychu.org/patient-caregiver/  

Speaker is a paid consultant or employee of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. PsychU is supported by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC), Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OAPI), and Lundbeck LLC, and is managed by OPEN MINDS – committed supporters of the mental health treatment community. The information provided by PsychU is intended for your educational benefit only. No CME credits are available through any of the resources provided by PsychU. It is not intended as, nor is it a substitute for medical care or advice or professional diagnosis. Users seeking medical advice should consult with their physician or other healthcare professional.