CLINICAL UPDATE Major advances in bipolar disorder

School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW. Philip B Mitchell, MD, FRANZCP, FRCPsych, Head; and Psychiatrist, Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney; Gin S Malhi, MB ChB, FRANZCP, FRCPsych, Senior Lecturer; and Psychiatrist, Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney; Jillian R Ball, BA, MA (ClinPsych), PhD, Conjoint Senior Lecturer; and Research Psychologist, Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: Professor Philip B Mitchell, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 16 August 2004 181 4 207-210 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Clinical Update Economics / SANE Australia document, which estim burden of bipolar disorder in Australia to be $1.6 bil The increased community interest in bipolar diso significant advances in the scientific understanding of the co dition, which will be the focus of this artic