Understanding Fibromyalgia and Its Related Disorders

s assessment of the needs of readers of The Primary Care Companion, with the purpose of providing readers with a curriculum of CME articles on a variety of topics throughout each volume.There are no prerequisites for participation in this CME activity.To obtain credit, read the material and complete the Posttest and Registration Form on pages 175-176 or go to PSYCHIATRIST.COM and take the Posttest online. CME ObjectivesAfter studying the ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS by Goldenberg et al. and Culpepper et al., you should be able to:• Diagnose fibromyalgia and its co-occurring conditions in primary care and employ appropriate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment strategies to optimize patients' outcomes.• Recognize depressive and anxiety symptoms in primary care and formulate an individualized treatment plan that utilizes the most appropriate agents to address patients' mental and physical health care needs.