title: Bipolar disorder: assessment and management.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  General practitioners are increasingly aware of the bipolar disorders and of being required to adopt a management role.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article provides the GP with efficient strategies to assist detection and diagnosis of bipolar I and bipolar II disorders and defines management principles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bipolar 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.
authors: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia. g.parker@unsw.edu.au
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authors: Parker
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents