Behavioral Health On Demand: Bipolar Disorder Update: Basic Pharmacologic Treatment in Primary Care

Release Date: October 12, 2021 --- Expiration Date: October 12, 2024

Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour

This intermediate lecture will review tools to use to diagnose bipolar disorder in primary care including brief screeners as well as discuss basic pharmacologic treatments that most primary care providers would be comfortable with and can be used to either treat patients for bipolar in primary care or to bridge patients until they can access specialty mental health services. 

1. Use psychiatric history including brief screening questions and instruments in order to diagnose or suspect a bipolar disorder diagnosis in a primary care clinic.
2. List the different medications and classes that are commonly used in treating patients with bipolar disorder in primary care, including an introduction to tools such as the CANMAT/ISBD 2018 bipolar disorder guidelines Waco Guide to Psychopharmacology in Primary Care.
3. Explain the evidence base for treating bipolar disorder in primary care and the support required to do so effectively.

Beaumont Employees and Providers: Free

Non-Beaumont providers: $25

Instructions for Completion

1. Register
2. Return to the module website (a direct link is provided in the registration confirmation email)
3. Click Begin Activity > Launch

Beaumont Health Employees and Affiliated Providers: Click AUTHENTICATE.  If you are already logged into a Beaumont computer using your Beaumont network login, you will automatically be logged into the video system.  If you are at home or another off-site location, you must enter your Beaumont network login (what you use to access Beaumont email, HealthStream, Epic).

Non-Beaumont (External) Providers: Enter your first name, last name, and email address where prompted.

Upon completion of the video, return to Begin Activity and click Attestation to complete a brief attestation and evaluation to receive credit.  If you are not automatically directed to the evaluation upon submission of the attestation, go to My CME > Evaluations & Certificates to complete the evaluation for credit.

In support of improving patient care, Beaumont Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Medicine CME: Beaumont Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing CE: Beaumont Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hour.  Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychology CE: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.

Social Work CE: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Beaumont Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Beaumont Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credit.

This CE activity is not supported by commercial interests.