Optimizing Patient Outcomes in Bipolar Disorder: Long-term Management of Major Depressive Episodes – June 30

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PT

 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Bipolar disorder is a complex illness, and its diagnosis and management remain among the most challenging facets of clinical psychiatry. Patients with bipolar disorder are most likely to present with depression and are often misdiagnosed with unipolar depression. Many patients wait years for a correct diagnosis. Distinguishing between unipolar and bipolar depression (BPD) is often difficult, and the frequent occurrence of mixed features can make the differential diagnosis challenging. Medical and psychiatric comorbidities are also common in patients with bipolar depression and complicate the diagnosis and treatment. Persons with bipolar disorder have a high incidence of metabolic syndrome and other cardiovascular risk factors, while obesity and inactivity are associated with more severe illness and poorer treatment outcomes.  Anxiety disorders and substance use disorder are among the most common psychiatric comorbidities in patients with bipolar disorder. Accurate diagnosis and consideration of comorbidities can prevent inappropriate or ineffective pharmacotherapy. This activity will provide insights to enhance healthcare providers’ knowledge of the accurate diagnosis and pharmacotherapeutic treatment of bipolar disorder. An expert faculty will discuss practical patient-centered strategies for diagnosis and management of bipolar depression, considerations for medical and psychiatric comorbidities, and evidence-based treatment strategies for bipolar depression. 

FACULTY

Roger S. McIntyre MD, FRCPC
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

Joseph F. Goldberg, MD
Clinical Professor
Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

TARGET AUDIENCE

This educational initiative is designed for psychiatrists, psychiatry nurse practitioners and physicians assistants and scientists in bipolar disorder.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Formulate a differential diagnosis of bipolar disorder, differentiating in bipolar depression from unipolar depression, major depressive disorder, subsyndromal mania/hypomania, and other disorders
  • Propose appropriate and effective treatment for major depressive episodes associated with BD
  • Integrate strategies for treatment of patients with BPD and comorbidities
  • Apply management and patient education recommendations in current clinical practice guidelines to routine care of patients with BD

DIRECTIONS TO LEARNER

There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this activity. To receive credit, participants must:

  • Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures
  • Complete the pretest
  • View the live broadcast
  • Complete the posttest evaluation form at the end of the program
  • Your certificate will be sent to you within four weeks of receipt of the completed evaluation.

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form and a completed posttest with a score of 70% or better.

MEDIA

Internet

ACCREDITATION

Physician Continuing Education

 

Accreditation Statement
Integrity Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION

Integrity Continuing Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For information about ACCME accreditation of this activity, please contact Integrity Continuing Education at (855) 835-4004 or cme@integrityce.com.

DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Integrity Continuing Education requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by Integrity Continuing Education for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations.

The following faculty/planners reported the financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of these CME activities:

Roger McIntyre, MD, FRCPE
Consulting Fees:​ Lundbeck, Janssen, Purdue, Pfizer, Otsuka, Allergan, Takeda, Neurocrine, Sunovion, Eisai, Minerva, Intra-Cellular, Abbvie
Research Support: CIHR/GACD/Chinese National Natural Research Foundation
CEO: Braxia Health

Joseph F. Goldberg, MD
Royalty: American Psychiatric Publishing, Cambridge University Press
Consulting Fees: Bioxcel, Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals, Sage Pharmaceuticals, Otsuka, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Speakers Bureaus: Allergan, Inter-Cellular Therapies, Sunovian Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

The Integrity Continuing Education, Inc planners and managers have nothing to disclose.

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of any organization associated with this activity. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

PRIVACY POLICY

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DISCLAIMER

The information provided at this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

PROVIDER STATEMENT

Provided by Integrity Continuing Education, Inc.

SUPPORTER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Supported by an educational grant from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Agenda

Instructions

On the day of the program, you may access the event by going to any of the following links:

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7YBDn98MBWpxHIP79JqShg 

There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this activity. For your participation you will be able to receive a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CME credit™. To do so, you must participate in the virtual livestream activity and complete the posttest and evaluation following the event. A statement of credit will be issued only upon submission of a completed activity evaluation form.