The management of bipolar disorder in general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 566-570

  Mitchell, Philip B ^a   Ball, Jillian R ^a   Best, James A ^b   Gould, Bronwyn M ^b   Malhi, Gin S ^a   Riley, Geoffrey J ^c   Wilson, Ian G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University of Western Australia ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; RELAXATION TRAINING; YOGA;

EID: 33745472686     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00382.x     Document Type: Article

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