American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

FOCUS is the best system for recertification, self-assessment, and lifelong learning. In one package FOCUS provides a comprehensive review of current clinical practice based on the content outlined by the ABPN recertification exam. Each issue offers: Clinical Reviews, Patient Management Exercise, Seminal Articles, and a CME quiz with 20 hours of CME per year for the journal and 20 additional hours can be earned through completion of the Self-Assessment Exam. All current and back issues are available online. You can earn CME credits by taking the exams from the current issue, or even the nonexpired exams from any past issue that was published during your subscription period.

The FOCUS Self-Assessment Exam is an annual 100 question, multiple choice supplement written by practicing psychiatrists and academic experts that allows you to earn 20 CME credits and the opportunity to anonymously compare your knowledge to that of your peers either online or paper. Each question is similar to those used in board-type exams. The FOCUS Self-Assessment Exam is listed by the ABPN as an approved self-assessment activity that fulfills the requirement of psychiatrists applying for and taking the recertification examination.

FOCUS addresses the core content in psychiatry in four year cycles. Each issue briefs you on new developments and reviews the current state of practice in that topic area through:

A comprehensive review article summarizing current research
A clinical synthesis article written by a leading expert in the field
Patient management exercise and ask-the-expert column
Recent influential works selected by experts in the field

FOCUS updates you in core content areas:

Volume V (2007): Bipolar Disorder; Substance Abuse: Diagnosis and Treatment; OCD and Other Anxiety Disorders; Ethics and Professionalism: Including End of Life Care

Volume VI (2008): Major Depressive Disorder and Suicide; Schizophrenia: Cognition and Outcomes; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Panic and Social Phobia

Volume VII (2009): Geriatric Psychiatry; HIV AIDS Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine; PTSD and Disaster Psychiatry; Sleep, Eating, and Sexual Disorders

Volume VIII (2010): Psychotherapy; Personality Disorders and Temperament; Psychiatric Genetics and Clinical Neuroscience; Psychopharmacology
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has reviewed FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry and the FOCUS Self-Assessment Examination and has approved this program as part of a comprehensive lifelong learning and self-assessment program, which is mandated by the ABMS as a necessary component of maintenance of certification.
The FOCUS Self-Assessment Program is also accredited for up to 20 hours of continuing professional development per year under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychiatric Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To visit FOCUS online, please visit http://focus.psychiatryonline.org