Presentation 1: Psychotropic Medication for FASD

Dr. Mela and a team of 12 multidisciplinary, international experts have spent over two years developing a decision-tree medication algorithm to guide prescribers as they see patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder/Neurobehavioral Disorder Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (FASD/ND-PAE). In this webinar, Dr. Mela discusses how prescribers can use the Psychotropic Medication Algorithm to identify one of four clusters of symptoms to target treatment, identify first and second-line medication to prescribe and adjunct treatment as an alternative. He then outlines how he and his team conduct further research to evaluate the algorithm’s effectiveness and presents promising preliminary results that indicate its usefulness in reducing side effects associated with polypharmacy and improving patient outcomes. Link to register for live events: mysurreyplace.ca View recorded events & resources: surreyplace.ca/resources Link to feedback survey: https://ncv.microsoft.com/SAw63aU3BU Link to join our Family Connections Group on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/573423899951089 ~ Connect with us online! Visit: https://www.surreyplace.ca/ Subscribe: https://www.surreyplace.ca/stay-connected/ Like Surrey Place on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurreyPlaceON Follow Surrey Place on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SurreyPlaceON/ Follow Surrey Place on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SurreyPlaceON/ Follow Surrey Place on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/surreyplace