TREATMENT GUIDELINE FOR BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER (BMD)

MANAGEMENT OF LEVEL 1

LEVEL 1

GO TO ALGORITHM BMD MANAGEMENT

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

PATIENT IN REMISSION

LEVEL 4

CONTINUE WITH MEDICATION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY TO MAINTAIN PATIENT IN REMISSION

REMISSION

REVIEW BENZODIAZEPINES, TYPICAL ANTI-PSYCHOTICS, MOOD STABILISERS AND ANTI-DEPRESSANT TREATMENT

ANY EMERGENCE OF SYMPTOMS

DETERMINE LEVEL OF CARE

GO TO LEVEL 1

GO TO LEVEL 2

GO TO LEVEL 3

GO TO LEVEL 4