Health Insights by Sumitomo Pharma

Patient Education

Providing information about a patient's condition is an important form of care. Educational resources can help to support the collaborative process of care and encourage self-management. Resources that support counseling, education, and information feedback are associated with improved outcomes. Materials, such as those provided here, can support the patient-clinician relationship by helping patients recognize the signs of bipolar depression, prompting discussions about the patient's condition and treatment, and providing them with a structured framework to record their mood and behavior.1



How Well Are Your Symptoms of Bipolar Depression Being Managed?
Patients may have many questions about their condition. With this brochure, you can give them information to help understand it along with a set of questions to evaluate their current treatment.

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References
  1. Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century.Institute of Medicine; 2001. Accessed July 5, 2022. https://www.nap.edu/download/10027.