Primary Care Psychopharmacology: Antidepressants
Transform our clinical decision making! Gain practical expertise in interpreting pharmacogenetic results, optimizing antidepressant dosing, and managing complex medication transitions. Build confidence in recognizing adverse effects, applying evidence-based frameworks for comorbid conditions, and counseling families to support shared decision-making.
Session Topics
Interpreting pharmacogenetic results using evidence-based guidelines
Using focused questions to guide the assessment process, evaluate for partial response or treatment failure
Interpreting somatic symptoms, typical side-effects, or red flags - activation, serotonin toxicity/syndrome, suicidal ideation
Optimizing doses, knowing dose equivalents, cross-tapering, tapering off antidepressants
Counseling (expectations and prioritizing) with families to facilitate shared decision making. When complexity is present - autism, ADHD, trauma
Dates
2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM | February 11 – June 10, 2026 | 5 week course.
February: 11
March: 11
April: 8
May: 13
June: 10
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Featured Faculty
Dr. Emily Harris is the Director of Psychiatry Pediatric Integration. She is board certified in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Harris has provided direct clinical care as a general pediatrician in primary care offices and is an outpatient child and adolescent psychiatrist for Cincinnati Children’s.
Janie Ferren, PharmD, BCPP
Dr. Janie Ferren serves as the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Cincinnati Children’s Complex Care Center. She completed a Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) pharmacy residency and a Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) pharmacy residency in pediatrics with a focus in child and adolescent psychiatry, both at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Dr. Ferren is a board certified psychiatric pharmacist. She is passionate about caring for pediatric patients with medical complexity and co-occurring mental health conditions. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Ferren serves as a preceptor for the pediatric pharmacy residency programs at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Cincinnati Children’s is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
CME – Cincinnati Children’s designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ per session. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
MOC – Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 1.25 MOC points per session in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
CNE – This activity is approved for a maximum 1.25 continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours per session. *Some sessions CE activity is designed for the additional hours required for APRNs with prescriptive authority in Ohio.*
