Improving diagnosis and support for people with bipolar in primary care
Victoria Silverwood, Thomas Round, David Kessler, Simon Kitchen, Carolyn A Chew-Graham · 2026
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Victoria Silverwood and colleagues offered primary care guidance for spotting and supporting bipolar disorder earlier. Published in 2026, the clinical article explains bipolar as a lifelong severe illness of mood and energy swings, with lows of depression and highs of hypomania, mania, or psychosis. Most patients first show symptoms before age twenty-five, yet diagnosis often lags by up to nine years.
The piece walks through bipolar types, prevalence near two to three percent including milder forms, and the heavy toll in shortened life expectancy, risky behavior, and suicide risk. It flags traps such as labeling bipolar depression as treatment-resistant depression and urges asking every depressed patient about past overactivity or disinhibited spells. Readers gain suspicion triggers and support steps for a commonly missed diagnosis.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Victoria Silverwood, Thomas Round, David Kessler, Simon Kitchen, Carolyn A Chew-Graham |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |