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VOL 117 / NO 2 / FEBRUARY 2005 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON BIPOLAR DISORDER

Coordinated by Leslie Citrome, MD, MPH

Commentary
BIPOLAR DISORDER IS A POTENTIALLY FATAL DISEASE
The lifetime rate of suicide attempts is almost twice as high in persons with bipolar disorder as in those with unipolar depression, so it is crucial to consider bipolar disorder in a patient presenting with depressive symptoms.
Leslie Citrome, MD, MPH, Joseph F. Goldberg, MD

THE MANY FACES OF BIPOLAR DISORDER
How to tell them apart
Differentiating bipolar disorder from major depression, secondary mania or depression, and schizophrenia.
Leslie Citrome, MD, MPH, Joseph F. Goldberg, MD

LATEST THERAPIES FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER
Looking beyond lithium
Although lithium remains a player, the newer drugs, alone or in combination, can improve treatment of bipolar disorder and its assorted features.
Joseph F. Goldberg, MD, Leslie Citrome, MD, MPH

CLINICAL UPDATE

EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT MANIFESTATIONS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
Complaints can be telltale signs
Atypical symptoms of GERD, such as hoarseness, dysphagia, chest pain, and otalgia, can alert the physician familiar with these disparate expressions of the disease.
Larry K. Burton Jr, MD, Joseph A. Murray, MD, Dana M. Thompson, MD

CONTINUING FEATURE

PATIENT NOTES
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