This activity has been specifically designed to provide Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Advance Practice Nurses & other Mental Health Professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to assess and treat tobacco dependence in smokers with mental illness.

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Objectives

By participating in the symposium, participants will complete the following learning objectives:

• Define the knowledge and skills necessary for assessment and treatment of smokers with mental illness
• Identify the behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for smokers with mental illness, including medication interactions associated with smoking
• Discuss motivational techniques for working with lower motivated smokers
• Recognize broader clinical and systems issues for addressing tobacco dependence in mental health setting.