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Perspectives in Bipolar Disorder: Personalized Management of Cardiometabolic Burden with Novel Treatment Options (Part 3)

FACULTY

Timothy Balisky MSN, PMHNP-BC
Excel Psychiatric Associates
Huntersville NC

Katherine Ponte
Founder of ForLikeMinds
Lecturer of Psychiatry
Yale University
New York, NY

Izzy Goncalves
Caregiver
Profession: Asset Management
New York, NY

PROVIDER STATEMENT

Provided by HMP Education, an HMP Global Company.

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INTENDED LEARNERS

Psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care practitioners (PCPs), psychiatry NPs, family practice NPs, PAs, nurses, and the full multidisciplinary team of behavioral health and allied professionals who seek to improve the care of patients with mental health disorders.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:

  • Assess the role of newer/novel BD therapies in the mitigation of cardiometabolic adverse effects such as weight gain 
  • Incorporate personalized and patient-centered treatment strategies in individuals with BD that may help to prevent relapse/treatment nonadherence and improve outcomes  

ACTIVITY OVERVIEW

This on-demand webcast is available with synchronized slides and video/audio.

To be eligible for credit, participants must complete the educational activity, complete the activity evaluation form. Upon completing the activity, there will be instructions on how to complete the evaluation and print a certificate or other documentation of credit.

Release Date: April 14, 2023 
Expiration Date: April 14, 2024
Estimated Time to Complete: 0.50 hour

There is no fee associated with this activity.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

The activity is best supported via a computer or device with current versions of the following browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari. A PDF reader is required for print publications. 

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NURSES

This continuing nursing education internet enduring activity awards 0.50 contact hours.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13255 for 0.50 contact hours. 

NURSE PRACTITIONERS

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FACULTY

The faculty has reported the following:

Mr. Balisky: Provider - Excel Psychiatric Associates

Dr. Mattingly: Consultant - AbbVie, Acadia, Alkermes, Axsome, Corium, Eisai, Intracellular, Ironshore, Janssen, Lundbeck, Neos, Neurocrine, Noven, Otsuka, Redax, Roche, Rhodes, Sage, Sunovion, Supernus, Takeda, Teva, Trispharma; Researcher - AbbVie, Acadia, Alkermes, Akili, Axsome, Boehringer, Eisai, Emalex, Idorsia, Intracellular, Janssen, Karuna, Lumos Labs, Medgenics, NLS-1 Pharma AG, Redax, Relmada, Sage, Sirtsei, Sunovion, Supernus, Takeda, Teva; Speaker - AbbVie, Alkermes, Corium, Eisai, Intracellular, Ironshore, Janssen, Lundbeck, Neurocrine, Noven, Otsuka, Sunovion, Supernus, Takeda, Trispharma

Ms. Ponte has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any ineligible company (commercial interest).

Mr. Goncalves has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any ineligible company (commercial interest). 

CLINICAL REVIEWER

William C. Torrey, MD
Interim Chair
Department of Psychiatry
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Lebanon, NH

Dr. Torrey has disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible company (commercial interests).

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Susie Seaman, NP, MSN, CWCN, CWS (nurse planner)
Wound Clinic, Family Health Centers of San Diego
San Diego, California

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COMMERCIAL SUPPORT

Supported by an independent educational grant from Intra‐Cellular Therapies, Inc.