PURPOSE AND TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is designed to teach psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals how to reduce the risk of suicide in bipolar patients.


CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
Physician Credit - University of Louisville Continuing Health Sciences Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 hours of Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Nursing Credit - This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing for 2.0 contact hours through the University of Louisville School of Nursing, provider number 3-0046-7-05-050, expiration date July 1, 2005. The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Participants must complete entire session, provide license and social security number and complete evaluation to receive contact hours.


INSTRUCTIONS
The course takes approximately 1.5 hours. During the course you will watch and listen to a lecture and view a slide show. After reviewing the materials, you will take an online test and receive your results instantly.

If you pass, you will be taken to a web page confirming your continuing education credit, which you will need to print for your records. If you do not pass, you may retake the course as many times as necessary at no additional charge. The course costs $15.
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COURSE DIRECTOR
Michael J. Ostacher, MD, MPH
Harvard Bipolar Research Program
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
E-mail: michael_ostacher@hms.harvard.edu


DISCLOSURES
Dr. Ostacher has served as a consultant, speaker, or has received grant support from the following: Forest Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, healthcare professionals should be able to:

• Identify risk factors for suicide in bipolar patients
  
  
• Reduce the risk of suicide in bipolar patients
  

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
The sponsor acknowledges, with special thanks, Janssen Pharmaceutica for their generous support of this activity.


ACCREDITATION
The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.