Newly Diagnosed Bipolar Patients

A new report has found that 52.3 percent of newly diagnosed bipolar disorder (BPD) patients are prescribed antidepressants as a first-line treatment, despite recommendations that these patients be given antipsychotics to stabilize their moods first. Researchers say this prescribing pattern stems from the fact that primary care physicians are doing much of the diagnosis and treatment for BPD patients, and these doctors are not following the treatments recommended by psychiatrists who treat the co... Read more »