Bipolar I Disorder
Hours: 1.00
Bipolar I disorder affects around 4.4% of the adult population in the U.S. Most of those affected experience severe impairment, including serious disruptions to daily life and relationships. Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme shifts in mood and activity levels (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2020a). Symptoms of bipolar disorder often require lifelong management.
Bipolar I disorder affects around 4.4% of the adult population in the U.S. Most of those affected experience severe impairment, including serious disruptions to daily life and relationships. Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme shifts in mood and activity levels (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2020a). Symptoms of bipolar disorder often require lifelong management.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Ohio Social Worker Board
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Association of Social Work Boards
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Relias LLC 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. Relias LLC maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 Clinical continuing education credits.
Course Delivery Format: Asynchronous Distance Learning-interaction includes quizzes with questions and answers, post-tests. This module is Reading-Based Online.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, Division of Professional Licensing Services, Social Work Unit
Relias, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0009.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional conduct under the Education Law and Regents Rules.
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias Learning are considered “self-study” under section 74.10(c)(2)(ii)(b)(4) of the Commissioner’s Regulations. The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
Social workers will receive 1.00 continuing education hours for participating in this course. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners (CEBroker Provider 50-290)
West Virginia Board of Social Work
West Virginia Board of Social Work (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Recall the signs and symptoms of bipolar I disorder.
Recognize the differences between bipolar I disorder and other mood disorders.
Identify the components of clinical assessment and treatment of bipolar disorder.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Introduction to Bipolar I Disorder
Meet Marie
Characteristics of Bipolar I Disorder
Section 3: Clinical Assessment
Components of Assessment
Diagnostic Criteria for Bipolar I Disorder
Section 4: Treatment Goals
Continuing Assessment and Treatment Goals
Section 5: Treatment Planning
Treatment Planning
Marie’s Treatment Plan
Section 6: Treatment
Effective Treatments
Pharmacotherapy for Bipolar Disorder I
Psychological Treatments
Section 7: Evaluation of Treatment
Section 8: Clinical Vignette
Continuing Help for Marie
Section 9: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Sean Kennard is an Air Force veteran with 10 years of active-duty service plus clinical experience in various mental health settings. Sean was educated and trained In Virginia as a Registered Nurse, where he practiced pediatric behavioral health nursing at Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent. He earned his Associate’s Degree in Nursing from ECPI University and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University. Sean is a former Program Director of a Senior Behavioral Health Unit and currently coaches licensure exam strategies to nursing graduates. His clinical skillset is in behavioral health across the lifespan, including behavioral case management and geropsychiatric nursing. He most recently worked as a Forensic Psych Nurse at Central State Hospital in Georgia during the onset of the pandemic before contracting with Relias as a Behavioral Health Subject Matter Expert Technical Writer. Disclosure: Sean Kennard BSN, RN has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.Staff Writer: Claire Hartman, RN, IBCLC
Claire Hartman, RN, BSN, IBCLC is a SME nurse writer for Relias in Acute Care. She has nursing experience in functional medicine, neonatal intensive care, and obstetrics. Ms. Hartman has over 10 years of experience in birth, with a focus on high-risk obstetrics and perinatal hospice. She is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant and has taught neonatal resuscitation, breastfeeding support, and routine gynecological care to providers in varied medical settings. Ms. Hartman has led a community support group for bereaved families experiencing perinatal loss.
Disclosure: Claire Hartman, RN, IBCLC has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
The target audience for this course is: Intermediate level Social Workers; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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All courses offered by Relias, LLC are developed from a foundation of diversity, inclusiveness, and a multicultural perspective. Knowledge, values and awareness related to cultural competency are infused throughout the course content.
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All characteristics and organizations referenced in the following training are fictional. Any resemblance to any actual organizations or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental.
To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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