Bipolar disorder is characterized by mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs.
Bipolar disorder affects about 8 million people in the US and an estimated 40 million individuals worldwide. Symptoms of bipolar disorder typically start between age 15 to 25 years, often with an initial episode of depression.
This At-A-Glance Guide describes a treatment management approach based on recommendations from the 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines: A Report from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee Expert Panel Working Group. Step diagrams from the 2007 Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3) were updated with the new recommendations. The diagrams are intended to help clinicians integrate the new recommendations into clinical care, and are meant to assist, and not replace, clinical judgment or decision-making for individual patient
management, with input from individuals with asthma about their preferences
