Bipolar Disorder
Friday's Progress Notes - September 29, 2000
Mental Health Information - Vol. 4 Issue 29
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CONTENTS
1. Managing patients with bipolar disorder.
2. Overview of bipolar affective disorder.
3. Treatment of bipolar disorder.
4. Medication treatment of bipolar disorder.
5. VA clinical practice guidelines for bipolar disorder.
6. Bipolar illness and alcohol abuse.
7. Practice guidelines for treating children and adolescents.
8. Counseling children with bipolar disorder.
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1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Management of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder most commonly is diagnosed in persons between
18 and 24 years of age. The clinical presentations of this disorder
are broad and include mania, hypomania and psychosis.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000915/1343.html
2. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA VIRTUAL HOSPITAL
Psychiatry: Mood Disorders
The handbook has an overview of Major Depressive Disorder and
Bipolar Affective Disorder. The materials include the Beck
Inventory for the Screening of Depression and the Geriatric
Depression Scale.
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/familymedicine/FPHandbook/Chapter18/01-18.html
3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Bipolar_1.html
4. EXPERT CONSENSUS GUIDELINE SERIES
Medication Treatment of Bipolar Disorder 2000
The guidelines address the initial and long-term management
of mania, bipolar depression, and rapid-cycling bipolar
disorder. The guidelines include patient education materials.
(You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
5. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder
from the Department of Veterans Affairs
These guidelines contain modules on Bipolar/Schizoaffective
Disorder, Current Manic/Hypomanic/Mixed Episode, and
Bipolar Disorder with Psychotic Features.
6. MEDSCAPE
Bipolar Illness and Alcohol Abuse: Course and Treatment
Substance use disorders and bipolar disorders commonly co-occur.
Having a substance use disorder worsens the course and prognosis
of bipolar disorder. (Free Medscape registration required to access this article.)
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/420260
7. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment
of Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder
These practice parameters describe the assessment and treatment
of early-onset bipolar disorder. Treatment involves the
combination of pharmacotherapy and adjunctive psychosocial
interventions.
http://www.bpkids.org/printing/004.htm
8. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BIPOLAR FOUNDATION
Counseling Children With Bipolar Disorder:
A Psychotherapist's Notes
Children who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder come to
counseling for a variety of reasons.
http://www.bpkids.org/printing/012.htm
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