Depressed, Borderline, or Bipolar? Treatment and Diagnosis Workshop

CEs: 6 

Overview

Patients who remain mired in depression, despite treatment with multiple medications, often have undiagnosed bipolar illness. This seminar will provide clinicians with a method to distinguish bipolar patients from those with depression, borderline personality, and ADHD. Clinicians will learn why, despite widespread use, antidepressants and antipsychotics should not form the foundation of treatment for bipolar illness. Dr. Quinn will discuss empirically-tested psychosocial therapies and potent non-pharmacologic treatments for those with bipolar disorder. Clinicians will learn how to recognize patients at the greatest risk of completing suicide and how to intervene to reduce that risk. 

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• identify the two most important signs for identifying past episodes of hypomania
• demonstrate the four lines of clinical evidence that need to be assessed to make an accurate diagnosis 
• discuss strategies derived from empirically tested psychotherapies for helping patients with bipolar illness and their families
• understand the evidence showing why mood stabilizers and not antidepressants should form the foundation of treatment for bipolar depression 

Tuition

$175 – Registration Fee

$150 – Alumni, Adjunct, FFL Rate 

$75 – VET Rate

***Current AUSSW Student’s free with promo code***

Faculty Bio 

Brian Quinn, LCSW, Ph.D. author of Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder and The Depression Sourcebook, 2nd ed., is a clinical social worker in private practice in Huntington, New York.

He earned his master’s degree in social work at the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. 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. He is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center.

Dr. Quinn 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 in the United States.

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Adelphi University School of Social Work is an approved provider for continuing education credits for the following:

• NYSED Social Workers
• NYSED LMHC
• NYSED LMFT
• CASAC Renewal
• APA Psychology
• NYSED LCAT
• NYSED Psychology

Successful completion for the award of approved continuing education credits requires attendance at the entire training/workshop and submission of a completed evaluation form.

See full credentialing information and CEUs

Cancellation Policy

Unfortunately, we cannot provide refunds for cancellations made seven working days or fewer before the event for any reason—or for no-shows. We can provide credit towards a future workshop up to 24 hours before the event. After that, no credit will be issued.

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