TREATMENT GUIDELINE FOR BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER (BMD)
	APPROPRIATE INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS
	LEVEL 1
	LEVEL 2
	LEVEL 3
	LEVEL 4
	GO TO ALGORITHM BMD MANAGEMENT
	UREA AND ELECTROLYTES
	FULL BLOOD COUNT
	WHITE BLOOD COUNT
	ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE
	THYROID FUNCTION TEST
	LIVER FUNCTION TEST
	LIPID PROFILE
	FASTING GLUCOSE
	IN PATIENTS WITH FIRST EPISODE MANIA OR IF THERE IS A PREVIOUS HEADINJURY OR PREVIOUS BRAIN OR MENINGES PATHOLOGY OR A HISTORY OR SIGNS OF BRAIN PATHOLOGY CONSIDER EEG AND BRAIN CT OR MRI SCAN
	CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATIONS AND REFERRAL IF INDICATED TO EXCLUDE ORGANIC PATHOLOGY