Reference Guide for Bipolar Depression
SmartMobile(TM)
Premiere Date: Tuesday, September 3, 2013This activity offers CE credit for:
- Physicians (CME)
- Other
All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Credit Expiration Date:
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Note: Credit Is No Longer Available
 | Michael E. Thase, MD Professor of Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center Philadelphia, PA |
In a United States-based study, the lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder was 4.5%. Bipolar disorder (BPD) is associated with profound changes in quality of life and even premature death. BPD is among the leading causes of disability in the developed world among people 15 to 44 years of age.1
In the National Institute of Mental Health’s Collaborative Depression Study involving patients with bipolar I disorder who were followed for more than 12 years, patients were symptomatic almost 50% of the time. Depressive symptoms occurred about one-third of the time; manic symptoms occurred about 10% of the time. Mixed state symptoms occurred about 6% of the time. Low-level symptoms of depression are also associated with functional disability and subsequent depressive relapse. Bipolar depression is underrecognized and undertreated.2
This neuroscienceCME SmartMobile™ Reference Guide offers clinicians a unique opportunity to have salient data and reference materials available on their smartphones or mobile device at any time, right at the point of care, as a POC reference on bipolar depression.
- Merikangas KE, Akiskal HS, Angst J, et al. Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of bipolar spectrum disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey replication. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007;64(5):543-552. PMID: 17485606.
- Frye MA, Yatham LN, Calabrese JR, et al. Incidence and time course of subsyndromal symptoms in patients with bipolar I disorder: an evaluation of 2 placebo controlled maintenance trials. J Clin Psychiatry. 2006;67(11):1721-1728. PMID: 17196051.
The goal of this activity is to provide clinicians with an easy–to-use, quick-reference guide to the differential diagnosis and treatment of bipolar depression.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
- Screen for bipolar depression in patients who present with depressive symptomatology.
- Implement evidence- and measurement-based treatment plans for patients with diagnosis of bipolar depression.
Supported by an educational grant from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Physicians, physician assistants, and other health care professionals who do work with patients with bipolar depression.
CME Credit (Physicians):
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Dr. Thase has disclosed that he has received research grants from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Eli Lilly and Company; Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; National Institutes of Mental Health; and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. He serves as a consultant for Alkermes, Inc.; AstraZeneca; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Dey Pharma, L.P.; Eli Lilly and Company.; Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.; Guidepoint Global; H. Lundbeck A/S; MedAvante, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Neuronetics; Novartis Corporation; Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Pamlab, LLC; Pfizer Inc. (formerly Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals; Schering-Plough (formerly Organon, Inc.); Shire US Inc..; Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.; and Transcept Pharmaceuticals , Inc. He has equity holdings in MedAvante, Inc. and received royalties from American Psychiatric Foundation; Guilford Publications; Herald Publishing House; and W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. His spouse is employed as a Group Scientific Director for Embryon (formerly Advogent), which does business with BMS and Pfizer Inc./Wyeth.
Robert Kennedy (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Joy Bartnett Leffler, MLA, NASW, CSE (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Sandra Haas Binford, MAEd (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Sharon Tordoff, CCMEP (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
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