The management of bipolar disorder in primary care : a review of existing and emerging therapies

The management of bipolar disorder in primary care : a review of existing and emerging therapies

Berk, Michael, Dodd, Seetal and Berk, Lesley 2005, The management of bipolar disorder in primary care : a review of existing and emerging therapies, Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 229-239.

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Title	The management of bipolar disorder in primary care : a review of existing and emerging therapies
Alternative title	Review : The management of bipolar disorder in primary care : a review of existing and emerging therapies
Author(s)	Berk, Michael Dodd, Seetal Berk, Lesley
Journal name	Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Volume number	59
Issue number	3
Start page	229
End page	239
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Place of publication	Richmond, Vic.
Publication date	2005
ISSN	1323-1316 1440-1819 1341-0695
Keyword(s)	adverse effects atypical antipsychotics anticonvulsants bipolar disorder drug interactions lithium mood stabilizers
Summary	Recent evidence suggests that the prevalence of bipolar disorder is as much as fivefold higher than previously believed, and may amount to nearly 5% of the population, making it almost as common as unipolar major depression. It is, therefore, not unrealistic to assume that primary care or family physicians will frequently encounter bipolar patients in their practice. Such patients may present with a depressive episode, for a variety of medical reasons, for longer-term maintenance after stabilization, and even with an acute manic episode. Whatever the reason, a working knowledge of current trends in the acute and longer-term management of bipolar disorder would be helpful to the primary care physician. In addition, an understanding of important side-effects and drug interactions that occur with drugs used to treat bipolar disorder, which may be encountered in the medical setting, are paramount. This paper will attempt to review existing and emerging therapies in bipolar disorder, as well as their common drug interactions and side-effects.
Language	eng
Field of Research	119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective	970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
HERDC Research category	C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice	©2005, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30035531

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	School of Medicine

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