Description
When therapy and medications fail, and clients remain mired in depression, irritability, anxiety, and distractibility, it can leave you feeling frustrated, ineffective and wishing you could help them find the relief they deserve.
Brian Quinn – Clinical Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
But many of these clients may not simply be depressed. Up to 80% of them may have unrecognized bipolar disorder. And when bipolar clients are misdiagnosed and inappropriately treated with antidepressants, effective psychotherapy often proves to be difficult if not impossible.
This training will provide you with exactly what you need to confidently distinguish clients with bipolar disorder from those with other conditions, so you can bring greater healing to some of your most difficult to treat patients!
Purchase this recording and get….
A practical four-part clinical diagnostic method to distinguish bipolar disorder from borderline personality, major depressive disorder, adult ADHD, or substance abuse issues
Tools to recognize bipolar clients at the greatest risk of completing suicide
A complete understanding of what medications should form the foundation of bipolar treatment
Highly-effective, non-drug treatments for depression, mania, and rapid-cycling
Make sure you’re not overlooking clients with bipolar disorder, and help clients who’ve suffered for months or years finally get better. Sign up today!
Handouts
Manual – Clinical Treatment For Bipolar Disorder (6.5 MB) 74 Pages Available after Purchase
Outline
Assessment, Recognition and Differential Diagnosis
Depression: Unipolar vs. Bipolar and Why It Matters
Why it’s essential to identify depressive mixed states
7 crucial symptoms of mania/hypomania to evaluate
Evaluation beyond symptoms is critical to diagnosis and treatment
Bipolar spectrum and mood temperaments
Case studies:
Misdiagnosed depression
A teen on Zoloft who committed suicide
Hyperthymic temperament: A little craziness and a lot of success
Differential Diagnosis to Distinguish Bipolar Disorder from Substance Abuse, Borderline Personality, and Adult ADHD
Why every clinician needs to know a thing or two about substance abuse
Is my patient alcoholic? Don’t ask these two questions to find out!
Key questions to detect covert substance abuse
4-part clinical diagnostic method
Avoid misdiagnosis: How to distinguish bipolar from borderline personality disorder
A key symptom difference between adult ADHD and bipolar
Clinical Treatment Interventions
Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Bipolar
Help clients accept a bipolar diagnosis
Address key issues in treatment
Integrate core concepts into daily practice
Psychodynamics of euphoric and irritable hypomania
Treat bipolar disorder, not individual symptoms
Case study: creativity, comedy and madness
Your Worst Fear: Identify and Manage Acute Suicide Risk
4 red flags that predict suicide completion
Assess suicide risk factors
Risk management: Practical strategies to protect your client and yourself
The only medication to dramatically reduce suicide risk – not an antidepressant!
Medications: What a Non-Prescriber Needs to Know
Fears and misconceptions
Antidepressants don’t work for bipolar depression
Benefits and risks of:
Mood stabilizers (Lithium, Depakote, Tegretol, and more)
Atypical antipsychotics (Lamictal, Risperidone, Abilify, and more)
The future of medication for bipolar disorder – research and new classes of drugs
Additional Clinical Considerations
Bipolar depression and suboptimal thyroid functioning
Unrecognized medical illness
Highly effective non-pharmacological treatments
Circadian rhythm interventions
Nutritional interventions
Faculty
Brian Quinn, LCSW, Ph.D.
Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD, is a clinical social worker in private practice in Huntingdon, NY who specializes in working with individuals suffering from mood disorders and substance abuse in the Long Island area. He is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center. Dr. Quinn is the author of Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder and The Depression Sourcebook , 2nd edition. He has given seminars on depression and bipolar disorder at hospitals, graduate schools of social work, state societies for clinical social work, and to hundreds of clinicians across the United States. He has appeared on national and local TV to discuss bipolar disorder and has been a guest on scores of radio talk shows across the country. Dr. Quinn earned his master’s degree in social work at the University of Chicago and his PhD in clinical social work at New York University. He has a post-graduate certificate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
Speaker Disclosure:
Financial: Brian Quinn maintains a private practice. He will address ‘off-label’ uses of commercial products. Dr. Quinn receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Brian Quinn has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
