A primary care guide to bipolar depression treatment

Nagy A Youssef; Emily Aquadro; Andria Thomas; Shilpa Brown; Kate O'Connor; Joseph Hobbs; Ram J Bishnoi

A primary care guide to bipolar depression treatment

J Fam Pract. 2020 Sep;69(7):344-352.

Authors

Nagy A Youssef¹, Emily Aquadro², Andria Thomas³, Shilpa Brown⁴, Kate O'Connor⁵, Joseph Hobbs⁶, Ram J Bishnoi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Office of Academic Affairs, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, USA. Email: nyoussef@augusta.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, USA.
³ Office of Academic Affairs, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, USA.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, USA.
⁵ Department of Pharmacy, Augusta University Health, GA, USA.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, USA.

PMID: 32936843

Abstract

Manage uncomplicated cases following guidelines on medical therapy and with adjunctive psychotherapy. Refer complicated and severe cases to Psychiatry.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antimanic Agents / standards*
Antimanic Agents / therapeutic use*
Bipolar Disorder / therapy*
Combined Modality Therapy / standards*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Primary Health Care / standards*
Psychotherapy / standards*

Substances

Antimanic Agents