Area of Focus

• Psychiatry

Education

• B.S., Pharmacy (Virginia Commonwealth University, 1982)
• Pharm.D., Pharmacy (Virginia Commonwealth University, 1985)

Post-Graduate Training

• Fellowship - ASHP Fellowship in Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice (Virginia Commonwealth University, 1987)

Academic Appointments/Professional Experience

• 7/1/99 - Present. Associate Professor, VCU School of Pharmacy
• 7/1/85 - 7/1/99. Clinical Assistant Professor, VCU School of Pharmacy
• 9/16/01 – 6/30/99. Assistant Professor, VCU School of Pharmacy
• (2011 - Present) Professor, VCU School of Pharmacy,

Professional and Scholarly Interests

• Management of insomnia; Anxiety disorders
• Founding Member of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists; Adult Inpatient Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Research Interests

• Antipsychotic Use in Children and Adolescents

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Publications

Recent Publications

• 12.1.3. Phipps LB, Balster RL, Slattum PW, Kirkwood CK. An Exploratory Study of Drug Abuse and Dependence Information in Package Inserts. Journal of Addictive Diseases 2007;26:25-34.
• Breden EL, Kirkwood CK. Polypharmacy in a 75-Year-Old with Schizoaffective Disorder. Consultant Pharmacist 2006;21:200-5.
• Kirkwood C, Neill J, Breden E. Zolpidem MR in the Treatment of Sleep Disorders. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 2007;3(5):521-526.
• Kirkwood CK, Breden EM. Management of Insomnia in Elderly Patients using Eszopiclone. Nature and Science of Sleep 2010; 2:151-158.
• Kirkwood CK, Phipps LB, Wells BW. Anxiety Disorders II: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Obsessive-compulsive Disorder. Dipiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, et al (eds). In: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. 8th Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2011, pp. 1229-1240.
• Melton ST, Kirkwood CK. Anxiety Disorders I: Generalized Anxiety, Panic, and Social Anxiety Disorders. Dipiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, et al (eds). In: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. 8th Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2011, pp.1029-1228.
• Melton ST, Kirkwood CK. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Schwinghammer TL, Koehler JM (eds). In: Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach; 8th Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2011, 214-7.
• Melton ST, Kirkwood CK. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder. Schwinghammer TL, Koehler JM (eds). In: Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach; 8th Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2011, pp. 218-20.
• Sicat BL, Brophy GM, Kirkwood CK. Active Learning Strategies. In: Schwinghammer TL, Koehler JM, eds. Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, pp. 9-12.
• Kirkwood CK, Melton ST. Insomnia, Drowsiness, and Fatigue. In: Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-care, 17th Edition. Berardi RR, Ferreri SP, Hume AL, et al (eds). Washington, DC: American Pharmacists Association 2011, pp. 867-883.

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