Primary care companion to the Journal of clinical psychiatry

The author discusses 4 referrals that were the direct result of a case description from his own practice that he presented during a lecture on the treatment of mixed anxious and depressive illness in primary care. The cases depict energetic…

Bipolar II disorders may be common in primary care settings, but most cases remain undiagnosed because hypomania is often difficult to recognize. Eliciting a history of recurrent periods of expanded mood interspersed with periods of major d…