Focus, APA's quarterly clinical review journal, is designed for practicing psychiatrists to keep abreast of significant clinical knowledge and advances in the field through self-directed lifelong learning. Focus is the best resource for clinical synthesis, expert guidance, lifelong learning, and continuing certification. Four issues each year provide comprehensive reviews of major clinical areas of psychiatry. Focus also provides an organized learning and self-assessment program with 44 hours of CME each year.

An annual subscription to Focus addresses core areas in psychiatry, with each issue overseen by a Guest Editor clinical expert in that area. This thought leader works with fellow experts and advisors to deliver an issue that keeps you abreast of the field. Each issue includes:

• Articles on new clinical developments and the current state of practice
  
• Features designed to improve your ability to evaluate, diagnose, and manage clinical problems; communicate with your patients; and handle ethical dilemmas
  
• Curation of the important publications that have shaped clinical thinking in the field

Each issue also includes a quiz that allows you to earn up to 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits—for a total of up to 20 per year—and all this can be done quickly online, with your CME certificate available immediately. An annual subscription also includes unlimited online access to all past volumes at no extra charge (CME for previous years' issue quizzes not available). Each issue emphasizes a clinical topic. Recent topics include:

• Autism
  
• Eating Disorders
  
• Emergency Psychiatry
  
• Mood Disorders
  
• Personality Disorders
  
• PTSD and Trauma
  
• Public Policy
  
• Reproductive Psychiatry
  
• Schizophrenia
  
• Stigma
  
• Substance Use Disorders
  
• Suicide Preventive Interventions and Knowledge

Because the practice of psychiatry extends far beyond the core areas covered in Focus each volume year, we have features intended to capture additional and emerging areas of clinical interest:

• 21st-Century Psychiatrist—With advances in treatment and medical knowledge as well as changes in regulatory requirements, systems of care, and models of care, this feature provides brief updates that help the busy practitioner know where to go and what to do to stay current and compliant.
  
• Ethics Commentary—Sound ethical decision making is essential to astute and compassionate clinical care. This feature provides ethics commentary on topics in clinical psychiatry and through case examples offers clinical ethics questions and expert answers to sharpen decision-making skills and advance astute and compassionate clinical care in the field.
  
• Communication Commentary—This feature is designed to highlight potential communication dilemmas faced in the field and provide information and best practice, and, when available, evidence-based discussion to enhance lifelong learning of this essential skill.

Your subscription also includes the annual Focus Self-Assessment Examination, written by practicing psychiatrists and clinical experts. Completing this 120-question exam allows you to earn an additional 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits and 24 ABPN approved self-assessment credits. It includes the opportunity to anonymously compare your knowledge against that of your peers. It is also approved for Section 3 of the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

With a subscription to Focus, you'll know that you are keeping up with the clinical information you need to know and the MOC requirements you need to fulfill. Simply put, there's no easier, more reliable approach to keeping your clinical skills sharp while continuing your psychiatric education and meeting CME and Continuing Certification requirements.

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) 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 continuing certification.

The Focus Self Assessment Examination is an accredited self-assessment program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and was approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association. You may claim a maximum of 24 hours (credits are automatically calculated). The specific opinions and content of this event are not necessarily those of the CPA, and are the responsibility of the organizer(s) alone.

In support of improving patient care, the American Psychiatric Association 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.

The American Psychiatric Association designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 44 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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