One interrogator shares her acquisition studying and surviving pinch bipolar disorder

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Two main curen options for bipolar upset see medication, for illustration nan temper stabilizer lithium, and therapy.
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Around 40 cardinal group astir nan world person bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings betwixt moods: from slump to mania.
Kay Redfield Jamison is 1 of those people. She's besides a professor of psychiatry astatine nan Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has written extensively astir nan topic, from aesculapian textbooks to individual memoirs. In fact, Jamison penned 1 of nan first memoirs ever written by a aesculapian expert surviving pinch bipolar, An Unquiet Mind.
Today connected Short Wave, she joins america to talk astir nan test process, treating and managing bipolar disorder.
Mental Health Resources
- National Alliance connected Mental Illness
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Additional Reading
- The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide by David J. Miklowitz
- The Bipolar Workbook by Monica Ramirez Basco
- The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder by Sheri Van Dijk
- An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
- Healing by Dr. Thomas Insel
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This section was produced by Rachel Carlson. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Tyler Jones checked nan facts. Kwesi Lee was nan audio engineer.