A GP guide to managing bipolar disorder
Here’s the latest thinking on how to manage patients with this complex condition
The ‘hallmark’ characteristic of bipolar disorder is the occurrence of circumscribed episodes of opposing extremes (or ‘poles’) of mood— namely, hypo/mania and depression — with a reversion to normal mood and behaviour between such phases.
Bipolar disorder most commonly first presents in late adolescence or the 20s.1
