Conceptualizing and Assessing Bipolar Spectrum Disorders (1.5 CEs)

The concept of Bipolarity has changed and now includes a broader range of mood disturbances, which challenge conventional diagnostic assumptions. Panel members present multiple methods for assessing mood and bipolar spectrum conditions beginning with history-gathering and clinical interview techniques, and using selected rating scales, and projective, performance-based methods.

Chair

James Kleiger | Private Practice

Goals & Objectives

1. Participants will be able to explain the distinction between the conventional diagnosis of bipolar and a spectrum approach to conceptualizing mood disorders. 
2. Participants will be able to list three R-PAS features associated with bipolar disorders. 
3. After this symposium, audience members will be able to describe three characteristics of manic though disorder.