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- Gordon Parker.
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia. g.parker@unsw.edu.au
- Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Apr 1; 36 (4): 240-3.
BackgroundGeneral practitioners are increasingly aware of the bipolar disorders and of being required to adopt a management role.ObjectiveThis article provides the GP with efficient strategies to assist detection and diagnosis of bipolar I and bipolar II disorders and defines management principles.DiscussionBipolar disorders benefit from a mix of medication and nonmedication components, with complementary clinical management and patient self management reducing the high morbidity and suicide risk associated with these disorders.
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