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Listen to peer-to-peer discussions about the challenges and opportunities facing nurse practitioners caring for patients with mental health concerns.

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Bipolar Education and Screening: The Impact on Patient Care Podcast

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Bipolar Education and Screening: The Impact on Patient Care Podcast

Tina Matthews-Hayes, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, and Patricia Bursnall, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, discuss how education on using a screening tool can help healthcare providers accurately diagnose and manage bipolar I disorder.

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Bipolar Education and Screening: The Impact on Patient Care Podcast

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Bipolar Education and Screening: The Impact on Patient Care Podcast

Tina Matthews-Hayes, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, and Patricia Bursnall, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, discuss how education on using a screening tool can help healthcare providers accurately diagnose and manage bipolar I disorder.
Functional Impairment in Patients With Bipolar Disorder Podcast

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Functional Impairment in Patients With Bipolar Disorder Podcast

Bipolar I disorder is a lifelong illness marked by episodic recurrences that can be associated with functional decline, cognitive impairment, and a negative effect on quality of life. Even if bipolar I patients achieve symptomatic remission, they may have difficulty returning to baseline functioning. Listen to your colleagues discuss 3 broad categories of functional impairment, review scales that can help to assess function, and share ways in which they help patients in their own practices.
Understanding the Unique Training and Value of Nurse Practitioners Podcast

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Understanding the Unique Training and Value of Nurse Practitioners Podcast

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.
Stigma as a Barrier to Proper Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis Podcast

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Stigma as a Barrier to Proper Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis Podcast

People with bipolar disorder often experience many forms of stigma, including stigma from healthcare providers and self-stigma. Nurse practitioners can benefit from learning how stigma can be a barrier to patients with bipolar disorder receiving appropriate diagnosis and care. This activity will dispel common myths about bipolar disorder and teach you how to correct these false beliefs to provide supportive, high-quality care for your patients.
Psych in Primary Care: Addressing Gaps in Mental Health Training for NPs Video

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Psych in Primary Care: Addressing Gaps in Mental Health Training for NPs Video

Primary care NPs may not always have a thorough background in mental health care. We will review important gaps in knowledge that primary care NPs may feel they have, including in diagnosing conditions such as major depressive disorder and bipolar I disorder, psychopharmacology, psychotropic medication classes, treatment algorithms, and drug-drug interactions. We also discuss motivational interviewing and its use in identifying symptoms of mental health conditions.
Helping Patients Navigate Inadequate Treatment Response in MDD Podcast

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Helping Patients Navigate Inadequate Treatment Response in MDD Podcast

Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) often experience an inadequate response to antidepressant therapy. NPs play a vital role in educating patients about treatment response, including setting appropriate expectations for treatment and explaining the next steps should a patient not respond adequately. This peer exchange will teach you the skills to navigate this complex but common situation, including how to communicate about treatment response in MDD and how to navigate patients’ reactions should they experience a less-than-optimal response to medication.
Providing Interdisciplinary Care: Collaboration Toolkit Podcast

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Providing Interdisciplinary Care: Collaboration Toolkit Podcast

Interdisciplinary care for mental health patients is crucial in healthcare today. This peer-to-peer discussion reviews ways in which NPs can facilitate care between disciplines and providers to optimize patient care.
Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness Podcast

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Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness Podcast

In this podcast, Chris Lambert, RN, FNP-C, and Pradeep Manudhane, MD, discuss stigma as an obstacle to the diagnosis of and treatment for mental illness and identify ways to approach bias in order to improve patient care.
Complexities of Major Depressive Disorder Podcast

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Complexities of Major Depressive Disorder Podcast

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. Primary care clinicians and mental health nurse practitioners are integral to addressing this common and chronic condition, as they are often at the front lines of diagnosing and managing patients with MDD. This peer exchange podcast featuring Linda Cabage, APRN, PMHNP-BC, and Katherine Sullivan, PMHNP-BC, allows busy practitioners to listen to a review of diagnostic challenges around this common and complex condition.

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