Addressing Common Myths about Bipolar Disorder

There are many misconceptions about bipolar disorder. These misconceptions can lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment, inappropriate treatment, or negative patient outcomes. Identifying and correcting common myths about bipolar disorder is an important step to ensuring patients receive the right diagnosis and treatment, which can give them a better chance at living fuller, healthier, more productive lives. Learn how to address some of the more common myths about what bipolar disorder is and what it is not.

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Understanding the Unique Training and Value of Nurse Practitioners

In this podcast, Pradeep Manudhane, MD of Phoenix Rising Behavioral Health, interviews Jessica Giddens-Whelan, DNP, BA, APRN, FPMHNP-BC, RN-BC of Holon Inclusive Health System, to better understand the role NPs play in the primary care setting and explore areas of need which NPs could fill.

Clinical Insights

Providing Considerate Mental Health Care to Patients Who Are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)

In this podcast, Moushumi Mukerji, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CNM, RN shares important considerations for providing mental health care to BIPOC patients.

Psychiatric Scales

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is used to assess daytime sleepiness in adults.¹ The prevalence of daytime sleepiness in people with depressive symptoms is high—ranging from about 40%-50%.²Clinicians can consider using the ESS to measure daytime sleepiness in patients experiencing depressive episodes. The ESS has demonstrated a positive association with depressive scores (e.g., on the Beck Depression Inventory) in people with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).³

Clinical Article

Clinician Descriptions of Communication Strategies to Improve Treatment Engagement by Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review

Aggarwal et al. (2016) conducted a systematic literature review to identify patient-clinician communication factors that could account for low mental health treatment engagement rates among patients of racial/ethnic minority status.

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