TREATMENT GUIDELINE FOR BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER (BMD)
	EVALUATION OF RESPONSE OR REMISSION
		LEVEL 1
		LEVEL 2
	GO TO ALGORITHM BMD MANAGEMENT	LEVEL 3
		LEVEL 4
	THE AIM OF TREATMENT IS ALWAYS REMISSION, NOT ONLY RESPONSE
	VARIOUS DEFINITIONS FOR RESPONSE OR REMISSION EXISTS IN BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER, BUT LITTLE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THESE DEFINITIONS AND THEY SHOULD BE THUS INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION
	GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE	> 80: REMISSION
	HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE	0 - 7: REMISSION
	ZUNG DEPRESSION SELF RATING SCALE	0 - 49: REMISSION
	MONTGOMERY ASHBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE	0 - 10: REMISSION
	FULL RESPONSE OR REMISSION INDICATES THE PATIENT HAS ESSENTIALLY RETURNED TOWARDS HIS/HER BASELINE LEVEL OF FUNCTION PRESENT BEFORE THE EPISODE OR EXACERBATION CURRENTLY BEING TREATED. ATTAINING FULL RESPONSE GENERALLY INDICATES THAT NO REVISIONS IN THE STRATEGY OR TACTICS ARE NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.	> 75% IMPROVEMENT IN BASELINE SYMTOMS
	PARTIAL RESPONSE INDICATES THE PATIENT’S SYMPTOMATIC IMPROVEMENT IS EVIDENT, BUT THE PATIENT HAS NOT RETURNED TO BASELINE (I.E., THIS IS NOT A SATISFACTORY ENDPOINT), AND CONTINUED MEDICATION CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED.	25 - 74% IMPROVEMENT
	PARTIAL AND LOW-PARTIAL (26-50% IMPROVEMENT) RESPONSE CATEGORIES FURTHER DEFINE THE PARTIAL RESPONSE GROUPING, AND ARE USED TO HELP INFORM TREATMENT DECISIONS.	51 - 74% IMPROVEMENT
	NON-RESPONSE OR MINIMAL RESPONSE INDICATES THE PATIENT IS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED SYMPTOMATICALLY, OR THE RESPONSE IS VERY MINIMAL, REQUIRING EITHER A CHANGE IN STRATEGY (I.E., MEDICATION CHANGE) OR A CHANGE IN THE TACTICS OF THE TREATMENT OPTIONS (I.E., CHANGE IN DOSE).	< 25% IMPROVEMENT
	YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE	≤ 12
	OTHER RATING SCALES