Complex Mood Disorders: Practical Strategies and Tools for Bipolar, Depression and Insomnia – Chris Aiken – PESI

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• Get an all new “Mood Toolbox”
• Learn about the quiet revolution in therapy for mood disorders
• Translate these NEW advances into practical therapeutic strategies….
• Brisk awakening
• Dark therapy
• Social rhythm therapy
• Expressed-emotion regulation –and more!
   

Therapy is taking front-and-center stage in the treatment of bipolar and depression. We’ll draw from over half a dozen evidenced-based therapies, including:

• Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar (CBT-B) and Insomnia (CBT-I)
• Family-Focused Therapy for Bipolar
• Group Psychoeducation
• Functional Remediation
• Behavioral Activation

We’ll pull together the common elements in these therapies to create a single, flexible toolkit that you can adapt to the unique needs of each client.

You’ll learn how modern-life is contributing to mood disorders by changing the environment we live in. Blue-light from electronic devices can alter neurohormones in ways that cause depression, insomnia, and obesity. We’ll explore the effects of diet, seasons, light, temperature, and air-quality on sleep and mood. We’ll also look at ways that technology can aid recovery, including dawn-simulators, blue-light filters, sleep actigraphy, and specific apps for mood disorders.

We’ll explore the unique ways that bipolar and depression impact relationships and how to address those in therapy. Finally, you’ll learn how to work with families to reduce conflict and foster a more supportive environment for recovery during mood episodes.

Speaker
Chris Aiken, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist whose work focuses on natural and lifestyle approaches to mood disorders. He is the director of the Mood Treatment Center, Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, the bipolar Section Editor for Psychiatric Times, and an instructor at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He hosts the weekly Carlat Psychiatry Podcast with Kellie Newsome, PMH-NP.

Dr. Aiken’s interest in mood disorders came from experience with close friends who suffered from depression. He began his career as a research assistant at the National Institute of Mental Health and went on to complete medical school at Yale and residency at Cornell and Duke Medical Centers. He remains active in research, and his work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals and books. He lives in North Carolina with his wife Lisa and twin children, David and Eleanor.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Chris Aiken is the director and founder of the Mood Treatment Center and has employment relationships with The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Psychiatric Times, WiseMind, Wake Forest University, and NYU School of Medicine. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Aiken receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Chris Aiken is a member of the North Carolina Psychiatric Association and the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. He is the president of the Forsyth County Psychiatric Association. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Target Audience
Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals
 
Outline

1. Distinguish the key phases of mood: depression, hypomania, mixed states and euthymia.
2. Summarize the role of the biological clock in mood disorders.
3. Identify key activities that regulate or disrupt the biological clock.
4. Develop a morning routine to treat depression, and an evening routine to treat mania and insomnia.
5. Describe how to use the senses to reduce agitation and mania.
6. Select devices that can treat depression and bipolar, including dawn simulators and blue-light filters.
7. Develop exercises your client can practice to improve memory and cognition.
8. Describe how hypomania and depression impact relationships.
9. Identify six communication skills that families can use to improve mood disorders.

Outline

• The Mood Spectrum
  The three faces of mood: depression, hypomania, and mixed states
  Psychological and social effects of the three moods
  Working with each mood in the therapeutic relationship
  All too common: the role of other disorders (eating, personality, anxiety, trauma and addictions) in mood disorders
  Finding normal
  Flowers in the weeds: six strengths that come with mood disorders
• Circadian Rhythms
  Mood disorders and the biological clock
  Four key events that set the clock
  Social interactions: from deprivation to overstimulation
  Brisk awakening
  Light therapy
  Dark therapy
  Flow, engagement, and behavioral activation
  Seasonal moods
• Sleep and Mood
  Sleep drive and circadian rhythms
  Normal vs. abnormal insomnia: the role of anxiety
  Sleep hygiene: a modern take on the basics
  Advanced moves: sleep restriction and CBT-insomnia
  Modifications for bipolar and depression
• Mood and Health
  When the body impedes the mind: inflammation, head injury and obesity
  Exercise: how much, how often?
  Technology and mood
  Food matters: tea, dark chocolate, and the Mediterranean diet
  Air quality: from negative ions to aromatherapy
• Medication
  Psychopharmacology of mood disorders
  Natural treatments of mood disorders
  Minimize side effects and maximize adherence
• Cognition: The Silent Symptom
  Recognize cognitive deficits
  How cognition impacts therapy
  Functional remediation: a new paradigm
  Three ways to enhance cognition: restoration, compensation and optimization
  Take it home: Seven exercises to restore the mind
• Mood Disorders in the Family
  Four ways to help: warmth, empathy, positive comments, and optimism
  Five things to avoid: critical comments, scrutiny, conflict, over-involvement and hostility
  Three overlooked ingredients: timing, frequency and regularity
  Adult children in the home: boundaries and limits
  Managing crises
  Protecting young children

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