Event
Broadcast 鈥 Mini-Psych: Volatile Emotions - Bipolar and other mood disorders
Thursday, November 29, 2012 19:00to20:00
Mood swings can be rough for those who experience the fluctuations, the intervals, the highs and the lows! Such feelings may lead people to think they have a borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder or another type of mood disorder. It is important, however, to distinguish between what constitutes 鈥渘ormal鈥 emotional behaviour and mood disorder.
Learning objectives:
- To better understand the genetic, psychological and environmental stressors that trigger the onset of mood disorders and to differentiate 鈥渘ormal鈥 emotional abilities from emotional behaviours that can be dysfunctional;
- To distinguish between certain types of mood disorders, such as borderline personality and bipolar disorders;
- To learn about the main forms of treatment and therapy for bipolar disorders, as well as recent research developments in this field.
Lecturers: Serge Beaulieu, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Medical Chief, Mood, Anxiety and Impulsivity Disorders Program and Bipolar Disorder Program; and Suzane Renaud, MD, psychiatrist.