Self-Injurious Behavior and Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

check-in 8:30-9:00 a.m.
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
UMM Student Center (Cougar Room)
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m..

Topic - Self-Injurious Behavior (morning session)
Adolescent years pose many difficulties and challenges for teens—they are increasingly engaging in self-injurious behaviors (SIB) as a way of coping with their complex feelings. This workshop will review history, etiology, accompanying diagnoses, common forms of self-injury, and various treatment options available to address this negative coping skill.

Attendees of this workshop will be able to:
1. Define self-injurious behavior (SIB) 4. Verbalize the history & etiology of SIB
2. Verbalize knowledge of different types/degrees of SIB 5. Verbalize reasons why people might self-injure
3. Verbalize the prevalence of SIB 6. Verbalize various treatment options for those who engage in SIB

Topic - Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: Review of Etiology and Treatment (afternoon session)
Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is becoming more frequently diagnosed in pediatric populations. This workshop will examine the difference between bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, and other mood disorders, as well as review history, etiology, and current guidelines for treatment.

Attendees of this workshop will be able to:
1. Define what pediatric bipolar is;
2. Verbalize understanding of the difference between various types of Bipolar Disorder;
3. Verbalize understanding of the overlap between various disorders such as Bipolar, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and ADHD Combined Type and how this may lead to diagnostic confusion;
4. Verbalize understanding of various treatment options and side effects of treatment.

Presenter
Nicole Lynch, MA, APRN-BC, PMH-NP
Nicole Lynch is a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at the Allina Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Prior to working in the clinic, Ms. Lynch worked at Abbott’s locked inpatient behavioral health units. Ms. Lynch has extensive experience with various psychiatric disorders in all age groups, but currently specializes in child/adolescent mental health. In graduate school Ms. Lynch researched self-injury and created her thesis entitled “Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents: A Literature Review of Etiology and Treatment and the Creation of Educational Materials for Change”.

Cost
$80 includes 6.0 CEUs from the Minnesota Board of Social Work, lunch, refreshments and materials

Registration Information
Register online:
http://www.morris.umn.edu/cerp/conferences/human_services/form.html
(mail your check to the address below)

OR

Download the registration form, complete it and mail or fax it to:

Continuing Education, Regional Programs and Summer Session
225 Community Services Building
600 E. 4th St.
Morris, MN 56267

Registration Deadline:
Thursday, November 30

If you need special accommodations, please contact us.

For more registration information, contact:
Jean Sasek - Continuing Education, UMM
320.589.6450 or 800.842.0030, sasekj@morris.umn.edu

For more information on Human Services Programming at UMM:
Karen Ellis - Continuing Education, UMM
320.589.6463 or 800.842.0030, elliskj@morris.umn.edu