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Role of the primary care physician in bipolar disorder
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Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness characterised by recurrent episodes of manic and depressive moods that can each last weeks or months. The symptoms of bipolar disorder typically reduce opportunities for employment and education, adversely affect finances and relationships, and produce a markedly elevated risk for suicide. As discussed in this paper, primary care physicians (PCPs) have a unique and wide-ranging role in the care of patients with bipolar disorder because PCPs frequen...
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- Journal:
- Primary Care Mental Health More from this journal
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 221-233
- Publication date:
- 2006-01-01
- ISSN:
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1476-4717
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English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:98236
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uuid:2f44cb35-ca49-40a6-8412-90054e1cef16
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pubs:98236
- Source identifiers:
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98236
- Deposit date:
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2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2006
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