ON DEMAND 2024 APRN Midwest Conference - Bipolar Disorders, Identifying Factors and Treatments
CE Information
1.0 contact hour (1.0 pharmacology)Completion Time
1 hourAvailable Until
December 31, 2025
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Specialties
Psychiatric / Mental HealthClinical Topics
Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, and PharmacologyIn the past 20 years, the field of psychiatry has considered major depression and bipolar disorder to be two separate disorders. Bipolar disorder is one of the top 10 leading causes of disability worldwide. It affects more than 1% of the world’s population regardless of nationality, ethnic origin, or socioeconomic status. It is one of the main causes of disability among young people, leading to cognitive and functional impairment and raised mortality, particularly death by suicide. It is characterized by chronically occurring episodes of mania or hypomania alternating with depression and is often misdiagnosed initially. Accurate diagnosis of bipolar disorder is essential because misdiagnoses and underdiagnoses are common among patients with bipolar disorder. Up to 60% of depressed patients with BPII are initially diagnosed with unipolar depression. There are currently no valid biomarkers for the disorder. However, the great news is bipolar diagnosis is relatively more tangible than other psychiatric disorders. Identifying the various presentations of mood disorders across the spectrum will improve early differential diagnosis and optimize patient outcomes. Reevaluation and treatment modification are commonly required during the long-term care of patients with bipolar disorder with knowledge of the evolving pharmacological and psychological strategies.
Learning Objectives
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Identify and Differentiate Bipolar Disorders: Enhance the ability of healthcare providers to recognize and assess bipolar disorders accurately, differentiating between major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder based on symptomatology, clinical history, and diagnostic criteria.
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Apply Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches: Equip healthcare providers with the knowledge to implement evidence-based treatments for bipolar disorder, focusing on appropriate use of pharmacotherapy across different phases of the disorder and the integration of patient-centered care practices.
Learning Outcome Evaluation: Participants will state one thing they learned from the program and how they will implement it into their practice.
Speakers
Mya Yee Nandar’s recent recognition as the AANP State Award for Excellence for Illinois was the latest milestone in a nursing journey that has taken her from her war-torn homeland to the American states of Hawaii, Indiana and Illinois. Nandar graduated from the School of Nursing at the University of Hawaii in 2016 where she served as Vice President of the UH International Students Association and was given University Awards for leadership and the Promotion of Transcultural Nursing. Nandar moved to Indiana to gain professional experience in critical care nursing and to pursue her FNP degree from IUSB and subsequently a post-masters Psychiatry-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification. Mya next served as a mental health nurse practitioner in geriatric psych, overseeing 20 nursing homes and assisted living facilities as well as practicing in three psychiatric health centers. Nandar subsequently co-founded the Transcultural Nursing Society in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she served the 12,000 strong refugee population, most of whom had experienced trauma from war and displacement. It was there that she launched her research to document traditional birthing practices of various ethnic communities as a prerequisite to establishing transcultural understanding and harmony between modern American medical practices and standards and those of ethnic communities. She hopes to further this research when she begins her Doctor of Clinical Research studies at Yale this fall. Nandar is currently working as a dual board-certified family medicine and psychiatry mental health nurse practitioner in a community mental health clinic in greater Chicago. Her work involves caring for underserved communities, in particular homeless populations with multiple comorbidities, substance use disorders, and chronic medical conditions with mental health issues. Nandar has not forgotten her roots. She dreams of the day when she can make a significant contribution to the rebirth and transformation of the healthcare system in her birth country of Burma/Myanmar. Her organization, The Iron Women Network, will develop model clinics and peer education for poor women and children as well as advocate for the profession of nursing. Due to the present state of war, the organization is limited to providing meals to the staff and patients in maternity wards and impoverished neighborhoods.
CE Information
This activity offers 1.0 contact hour (1.0 pharmacology) to attendees.
Accredited by Illinois Nurses Foundation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Illinois Nurses Foundation and the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing jointly provided this program.
Disclosures
To earn contact hours, learners must watch the entire webinar and submit an evaluation to receive the digital certificate after the session.
There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity
Activity Content
Registration to this activity includes access to the following supporting materials.
- Bipolar Disorders, Identifying Factors and Treatments Handout (Size: 10.9 MB)
Duration: about 1 hour | Quality: HD
4 questions
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