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bipolar disorder: recognition, urgent risk, and shared-care monitoring

a nice cg185-aligned guide for primary care: recognising bipolar presentations, urgent risk triage, treatment pathways, lithium monitoring and physical health checks, and safeguarding around valproate.

last reviewed: 2026-02-13

based on: NICE CG185 (published 24 Sep 2014; last updated 02 Sep 2025)

reviewer: Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP

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This page is an educational, clinician-written summary of publicly available NICE guidance intended for trained healthcare professionals. It uses original wording (not copied text) and should be used alongside the full NICE source, local pathways, and clinical judgement. Doses provided are for general reference; always check the BNF/SPC.