Table 1.

Search terms used

Publication database*	Search terms used^
MEDLINE^	((bipolar AND disorder) OR mania OR manic) AND (“Therapeutics” [Mesh]) AND (cross sectional OR prospective OR retrospective OR longitudinal OR cohort OR transversal OR database OR chart review OR medical records OR claim OR survey OR registry OR naturalistic OR health record)
EMBASE	‘bipolar disorder’/exp AND ‘therapy’/exp AND (‘cross-sectional study’/exp OR ‘prospective study’/exp OR ‘retrospective study’/exp OR ‘longitudinal study’/exp OR ‘cohort analysis’/exp OR ‘data base’/exp OR ‘medical record review’/exp OR ‘administrative claims (health care)’/exp OR ‘disease registry’/exp OR ‘health care survey’/exp OR ‘electronic medical record’/exp OR naturalistic:ab,ti) AND [18-10-2006]/sd NOT [18-10-2016]/sd AND [english]/lim AND [embase]/lim AND ([article]/lim OR [article in press]/lim OR [conference abstract]/lim OR [conference paper]/lim OR [short survey]/lim)

Notes: ^*Search date: October 4, 2016.

^{^}All MEDLINE searches were limited to a 10-year period (2006–2016).