ADAA is pleased to make available up to 28 CE and CME credits to registered professional physicians, psychologists, social workers, and counselors.

• ADAA members may sign up for CE or CME credits at no additional cost.
• Nonmembers may sign up for CE or CME credits for an additional fee of $55 per discipline.

Continuing education credits are for professional attendees only; those paying student, trainee/postdoctoral fellow/resident, guest, or consumer fees cannot apply for CE or CME credits. All registrants who want credits must complete the continuing education form on-site and return the evaluation form.

Credits

Psychologists

• ADAA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education credits for psychologists. ADAA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CE credits for psychologists are granted on a 1 credit per contract basis.

Social Workers, Certified Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists

• Social Workers  This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (provider #886437837) for social work continuing education contact hours.

State of California

• This program is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and meets the qualifications to provide continuing education credits for MFT, LCSW, LEP, or LPCCs.

Physicians assistants and nurse practitioners – AMA PRA Category 1 Credit can only be awarded to MDs or DOs (or physicians with equivalent degrees from other countries). Nonphysicians may not be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Nonphysicians may, however, receive a certificate of attendance/participation that acknowledges the activity was designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit in order to apply their participation toward relicensure.

Continuing Medical Education Credits

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Blackwell Futura Media Service and Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). Blackwell Futura Media Service is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation
Blackwell Futura Media Service designates this live educational activity and will determine the maximum number of eligible credits in January 2013. AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Blackwell Futura Media Service and ADAA present this activity for educational purposes only and do not endorse any product, content of presentation, or exhibit. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected because of their recognized expertise.

Faculty Disclosure
It is the policy of Blackwell Futura Media Service to plan and implement all of its educational activities in accordance with the ACCME’s Essential Areas and Policies to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. In accordance with the ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support, everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM is required to disclose all financial relationships with any commercial interests within the past 12 months that creates a real or apparent conflict of interest. Individuals who do not disclose are disqualified from participating in a CME activity. Individuals with potential for influence or control of CME content include planners and planning committee members, authors, teachers, educational activity directors, educational partners, and others who participate, eg, facilitators and moderators. This disclosure pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. Any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of the presentations must be resolved prior to the educational activity. Disclosure of off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices must also be made known to the audience.