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CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES MANAGEMENT OF BIPOLAR DISORDER (2ND ED.)

Appendix 2

CLINICAL QUESTIONS Appendix 2

CLINICAL QUESTIONS
1. What are the risk and protective factors for bipolar disorder?

2. What are the accurate screening and diagnostic tools in bipolar disorder?
1. What are the risk and protective factors for bipolar disorder?
3. What are the differential diagnoses in bipolar disorder?
2. What are the accurate screening and diagnostic tools in bipolar disorder?
4. What are the indicators of bipolarity in patients with depression?
3. What are the differential diagnoses in bipolar disorder?
5. What are the co-morbidities in bipolar disorder?
4. What are the indicators of bipolarity in patients with depression?
6. What are the effective and safe pharmacotherapy in the management of
5. What are the co-morbidities in bipolar disorder?
 manic episode in bipolar disorder?
6. What are the effective and safe pharmacotherapy in the management of
 depressive episode in bipolar disorder?
 manic episode in bipolar disorder?
 bipolar disorder with specifiers (mixed features, anxious distress and rapid cycling)?
 depressive episode in bipolar disorder?
 maintenance phase of bipolar disorder?
 bipolar disorder with specifiers (mixed features, anxious distress and rapid cycling)?
7. What are the effective and safe physical therapies in bipolar disorder?
 maintenance phase of bipolar disorder?
8. What are the effective and safe psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorder?
7. What are the effective and safe physical therapies in bipolar disorder?
9. What are the effective and safe psychotherapies in bipolar disorder?
8. What are the effective and safe psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorder?
10. What are the effective and safe complementary and alternative therapies in bipolar
9. What are the effective and safe psychotherapies in bipolar disorder?
disorder?
10. What are the effective and safe complementary and alternative therapies in bipolar
11. What are the parameters to be monitored during the maintenance phase of bipolar
disorder?
disorder?
11. What are the parameters to be monitored during the maintenance phase of bipolar
12. What are the referral criteria for patients with bipolar disorder?
disorder?
13. What are the effective and safe strategies in the prevention of bipolar disorder?
12. What are the referral criteria for patients with bipolar disorder?
14. What are the effective strategies to improve adherence in bipolar disorder?
13. What are the effective and safe strategies in the prevention of bipolar disorder?
15. How effective are Collaborative Care Models in the management of bipolar disorder?
14. What are the effective strategies to improve adherence in bipolar disorder?
16. What are the effective and safe treatments in the following special population with bipolar
15. How effective are Collaborative Care Models in the management of bipolar disorder?
disorder?
16. What are the effective and safe treatments in the following special population with bipolar
 pregnancy and lactation
disorder?
 elderly
 pregnancy and lactation
 children and adolescents
 elderly
 people with addictions (behavioural and substance)
 children and adolescents
 borderline personality disorder
 people with addictions (behavioural and substance)
17. What are the risk and protective factors for suicide in bipolar disorder?
 borderline personality disorder
18. What are the effective and safe interventions in suicide prevention in bipolar disorder?
17. What are the risk and protective factors for suicide in bipolar disorder?

18. What are the effective and safe interventions in suicide prevention in bipolar disorder?

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