An Updated Comprehensive Review of Bipolar Disorder: Navigating the Challenges of Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidities

This webinar will provide up-to-date information on the diagnosis and management of bipolar disorder, and the special challenges created by the presence of comorbid psychiatric and medical conditions. Most people living with bipolar disorder also have at least one comorbid psychiatric or medical illness, and the diagnostic and treatment challenges created by comorbidities will also be reviewed. This comprehensive review will include the following essential topics:

• Key symptoms of depression and mania.
• Epidemiology of bipolar disorder, including the population prevalence and age at onset.
• Genetic and neurobiological changes associated with bipolar disorder. 
• Overview of the main medication classes used to treat bipolar disorder, including mood stabilizers, second-generation antipsychotics, and antidepressants. 

Center for Practice Transformation – University of Minnesota has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7404. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Practice Transformation – University of Minnesota is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This applies to the live webinar event.

Center for Practice Transformation is a pre-approved CE Provider by the Minnesota Board of Social Work (#CEP-204).

For participants needing clinical clock hours (CCH), this workshop meets the requirements, as defined by the Board of Social Work: 

• Differential Diagnosis and Biopsychosocial Assessment, Including Normative Development and Psychopathology Across The Lifespan: 0.5 CCH
• Clinical Intervention Methods Informed By Research And Current Standards Of Practice: 0.5 CCH