Providing Psychiatric Care to Disadvantaged Patients: A Pharmacist’s Perspective Survey

Author: Shadi Doroudgar, Pharm.D., APh, BCPS, BCGP, BCPP
Assistant Professor, Touro University

ACPE Pharmacist accredited hours: 0.25

The ACPE Universal Activity Number: 0217-9999-18-146-H04-P

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* 1. Disadvantaged populations experience the same rate of mental illness as middleclass populations.

True

False

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* 2. Which group is most likely to receive needed care for mental illness?

Asians

Females

Blacks

Males

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* 3. Which of the following factors are associated with non-compliance in disadvantaged psychiatric patients?

Psychosis

History of incarceration

Symptoms improving with drug treatment

All of the above

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* 4. Which of the following is FALSE?

Finding affordable housing in the Bay Area is a challenge for many psychiatric patients

Patients with severe mental illness are at higher risk for homelessness

Belief of not having a chronic illness can lead to medication non-compliance

Impoverished individuals are at lower risk of seeking emergency psychiatric care

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* 5. Prison inmates have increased rates of psychiatric disorders compared to the general population.

True

False

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* 6. Investigators have found that the use of long acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics result in better adherence, lower rates of discontinuation, relapse, and hospitalizations. Which of the following antipsychotic medications is available in a LAI formulation?

Saphris

Latuda

Invega

Vraylar

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* 7. Offering patients printed health information including brochures, pamphlets, and journal articles regarding their psychiatric condition and treatment option is helpful in addressing low health literacy.

True

False