Caroline Sweeney, PharmD, is the clinical pharmacist specialist in psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital, where she rounds on the adult inpatient psychiatry service, encompassing 50 to 60 inpatient unit beds. She maintains academic affiliations and provides lectures for the Johnson & Wales University Physician Assistant Program, Rhode Island College Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, and the Warren Alpert Medical School Psychiatry Residency Program. Sweeney also serves as the site representative for the hospital’s long-acting injectable antipsychotic replacement program. In addition, she contributes to formulary decisions related to psychiatric medications and maintains system-wide guideline updates for their use.
Education: University of Rhode Island (PharmD)
Residency: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency, Providence VA Medical Center; PGY-2 Psychiatry, Providence VA Medical Center
Professional Memberships: American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP)
Practice/Research Interests: Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications
Rotation Offered: Psychiatry
Pronouns: She/her
Select Publications:
Weyandt L, Sweeney C, et al. “The effectiveness of stimulant medication at improving executive functioning in adults with ADHD.” The ADHD Report, vol. 28, no. 7, Nov. 2020, pp. 1–8
Shepard E, Sweeney C, Thompson L, Jacobs S, Grimm J, Weyandt LL. Effectiveness of executive functioning training among heterogeneous adolescent samples: A systematic review. Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2023;12(4):327-343
Weyandt LL, Gudmundsdottir BG, Holding EZ, et al. Prescription opioid misuse among university students: A systematic review. J Am Coll Health. 2022;70(4):1119-1137.