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ArticleFamily practice2019

Bipolar disorder in primary care: a qualitative study of clinician and patient experiences with diagnosis and treatment.

Joseph M Cerimele, John C Fortney, Jeffrey M Pyne, Geoffrey M Curran

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Article in Family practice, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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  3. Reducing the Delay in the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  6. Primary care and bipolar disorder.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Joseph M CerimeleDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
John C FortneyDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jeffrey M PyneDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Geoffrey M CurranDepartment of Veterans Affairs, Center for Mental Health Care and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System, North Little Rock, AR, USA.

Funding

Transform Dissemination and Implementation Science in CTSA ProgramsUL1TR002319 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI John K. Amory · 2017 to 2026
$100.0M
Institute of Translational Health SciencesUL1TR000423 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DISIS, MARY L. · 2012 to 2016
$49.4M
Partnership for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Rural Primary CareR24MH085104 · NIMH · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI CURRAN, GEOFFREY M · 2010 to 2014
$2.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000423NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002319NIMH NIH HHS R24 MH085104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To understand primary care patients' and clinicians' experiences with diagnosis and treatment of patients with bipolar disorder in primary care. Methods: We conducted a qualitative study using thematic content analysis of individual interviews with nine primary care clinicians and six patients from Federally Qualified Health Centers to understand their experiences with the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder. Results: Themes of bipolar disorder detection, referral to specialty mental health care and medication treatment emerged from individual interviews with primary care patients and clinicians. Clinicians and patients faced challenges deciding to continue with care in primary care that is easier to access, but less intensive, than specialty care that can be harder to access but at times of higher quality. Conclusions: Potential next steps in research include identifying ways to support primary care clinicians in detection of patients with bipolar disorder, and strategies to support treatment of patients in primary care with easier access to specialty care including consultation in primary care or co-management with specialty care.

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Bipolar DisorderReferral and ConsultationAttitude of Health PersonnelCooperative BehaviorHumansInterviews as TopicMental Health ServicesPatient ParticipationPhysicians, Primary CarePrimary Health CareQualitative ResearchRural HealthSafety-net Providers

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PMID29659789
PMCPMC6346633

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