Understanding, treating and managing bipolar dysfunction : Quick Wave : NPR
Two fundamental remedy choices for bipolar dysfunction embrace remedy, just like the temper stabilizer lithium, and remedy.
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Two fundamental remedy choices for bipolar dysfunction embrace remedy, just like the temper stabilizer lithium, and remedy.
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Round 40 million folks around the globe have bipolar dysfunction, which entails cyclical swings between moods: from melancholy to mania.
Kay Redfield Jamison is a kind of folks. She’s additionally a professor of psychiatry on the Johns Hopkins College of Medication and has written extensively concerning the matter, from medical textbooks to private memoirs. The truth is, Jamison penned one of many first memoirs ever written by a medical physician dwelling with bipolar, An Unquiet Thoughts.
As we speak on Quick Wave, she joins us to speak concerning the prognosis course of, treating and managing bipolar dysfunction.
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This episode was produced by Rachel Carlson. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Tyler Jones checked the details. Kwesi Lee was the audio engineer.