PrimE-B^TM provides practical basic information about the recognition and collaborative care of patients with manic and mixed episodes of bipolar disorder to help you manage their treatment.¹

• Patients with bipolar disorder frequently are treated for concurrent psychiatric and general medical conditions²
• Medication management may have a direct impact on a patient's other conditions^3,4
• Mental health care and general medical professionals need to collaborate to ensure the best patient outcomes⁵

In brief office visits, psychiatric clinicians and primary care clinicians might be expected to meet, take a history, diagnose, prescribe treatment, and monitor the overall physical health effects of drug treatment for patients with bipolar disorder.⁶

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3. Berk M, Dodd S, Berk L. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2005;59:229-239.
4. Newcomer JW. J Clin Psychiatry 2006;67(suppl 9):25-30.
5. Griswold KS, Pessar LF. Am Fam Physician 2000;62:1343-1353, 1357-1358.
6. Kaye NS. J Am Board Fam Pract 2005;18(4):271-281.