Course description
Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) is a distinctive psychiatric condition characterised by two separate phases: mania and depression. Although in some respects these states are the opposite of each other, mania is not simply extreme happiness, rather it is a state where an individual has extreme over-activity, reduced need for sleep and an increased optimism that ultimately results in their judgement becoming severely impaired. The depression associated with mania in BPAD shares the same symptomatology as major depression (sometimes referred to as unipolar depression).
This course will focus on the medicines management of this condition, in particular the choice and monitoring of therapy for the different phases of this illness.
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