Advanced Strategies in Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder
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SUPPLEMENT TO Release date: August 1, 2017 FREE Expiration date: August 1, 2018 1.5 CME Estimated time to complete activity: 1.5 hours CREDITS This activity is jointly provided by Medical Education Resources and CMEology. AUGUST 2017 / VOL 16, NO 8 Available at CurrentPsychiatry.com This activity is supported by an educational Depression Across the grant from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Spectrum of Mood Disorders: Target Audience This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of psychiatrists, advanced Advanced Strategies in practice psychiatric nurses, and other mental healthcare professionals involved in the care of Major Depressive Disorder patients with mood disorders. Statement of Need/Activity Overview and Bipolar Disorder Worldwide, bipolar disorder is responsible Mauricio Tohen, MD, DrPH, MBA Claudia Baldassano, MD for more loss of disability-adjusted life Professor and Chair Associate Professor of Psychiatry years than all forms of cancer or major Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Psychiatry neurologic conditions, such as epilepsy and University of New Mexico School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Alzheimer’s disease. Despite the prevalence Albuquerque, New Mexico Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of bipolar depression, these patients are often misdiagnosed with major depressive Vladimir Maletic, MD, MS disorder (MDD). Patients with bipolar disorder Clinical Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science frequently wait years for a correct diagnosis. University of South Carolina School of Medicine The diagnosis of bipolar disorder is challenging Greenville, South Carolina because most patients seek treatment for Consulting Associate, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry depressive symptoms as the first episode of Department of Psychiatry mood disturbance. Differentiation of bipolar Duke University disorder I and bipolar disorder II also can be Durham, North Carolina challenging. The recent recognition of MDD with subsyndromal hypomania or mania as described in the DSM-5 presents new Differentiating Major Depressive considerations for psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals in the differentiation of depressive disorders. Management of patients Disorder and Bipolar Depression with bipolar disorder requires an accurate differential diagnosis to prevent inappropriate Mauricio Tohen, MD, DrPH, MBA or ineffective pharmacotherapy. This activity includes a case-based learning opportunity to enhance healthcare providers’ knowledge of the CASE PRESENTATION accurate diagnosis of bipolar disorder I, bipolar Amrita is a 28-year-old woman previously diagnosed with major depressive disorder II, and MDD with subsyndromal mania disorder (MDD). She has had several depressive episodes from ages 18 to or hypomania. The authors review practical 21 years. Amrita is currently employed as a loan officer at a community bank patient-centered strategies for the diagnosis and and has a 3-year-old daughter. She has been referred to your psychiatric prac- management of depression across the spectrum of mood disorders. tice by her primary care provider, who is concerned that her depression is non- responsive to treatment. Amrita complains of feeling sad and “empty” on most Learning Goal/Purpose days and reports anhedonia and insomnia. She describes “moving slowly” and The goal of this activity is to educate healthcare has had difficulties working and caring for her daughter. She has a history of providers on the latest information in the area migraines and hypothyroidism managed with levothyroxine. She has had a of mood disorders. partial response to sertraline but still reports being “down most days.” Educational Objectives An important question for this patient with symptoms of depression is After completing this activity, the participant whether she has had episodes of feeling energetic and times when she was should be better able to: not her usual self. When asked, Amrita reports a 2-week period when her • Establish a differential diagnosis of bipolar depression and other depressive disorders depression “improved”; this interval was characterized by high productivity • Apply evidence-based clinical strategies for and lack of need for sleep (sleeping only 3 or 4 hours per night). the management of patients with bipolar depression • Discuss current evidence for the diagnosis Diagnosing Bipolar Depression and treatment of patients with major depressive disorder with subsyndromal Diagnosing bipolar depression can be challenging, and it is probably hypomania or mania the most misdiagnosed phase of the bipolar disorder spectrum. Many CONTINUED ON PAGE S3 CONTINUED ON PAGE S2 Supplement to Current Psychiatry | Vol 16, No 8 | August 2017 S1 DEPRESSION ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF MOOD DISORDERS: ADVANCED STRATEGIES IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND BIPOLAR DISORDER CONTINUED FROM PAGE S1 Faculty Company Limited, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Vladimir Maletic, MD, MS (Chairperson) Speakers’ Bureau: Allergan, H. Lundbeck A/S, Clinical Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science Merck & Co., Inc., Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., University of South Carolina School of Medicine Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Greenville, South Carolina Company Limited. Consulting Associate, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Mauricio Tohen, MD, DrPH, MBA Department of Psychiatry Consulting Fees (eg, Ad Boards): Abbott, Alkermes, Allergan, Duke University Bristol Myers Squibb, Elan Pharma International Ltd., Eli Lilly Durham, North Carolina and Company, Elsevier Publishing, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Claudia F. Baldassano, MD Forest Laboratories, Inc., Gedeon Richter plc, GlaxoSmithKline Associate Professor of Psychiatry plc, H. Lundbeck A/S, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Inc., Department of Psychiatry Minerva Neurosciences, Nestlé Health Science - Pamlab, Inc., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inc., Pfizer Inc., Shire, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Teva Mauricio Tohen, MD, DrPH, MBA Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Wiley Publishing. Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences The content managers reported the following financial University of New Mexico School of Medicine relationships with commercial interests whose products or Albuquerque, New Mexico services may be mentioned in this activity: Rob Lowney (CMEology) Physician Credit No financial relationships to disclose. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance Dannielle McGuire (CMEology) with the accreditation requirements and policies of the No financial relationships to disclose. 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