Two important remedy choices for bipolar dysfunction embody treatment, just like the temper stabilizer lithium, and remedy.
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Two important remedy choices for bipolar dysfunction embody treatment, just like the temper stabilizer lithium, and remedy.
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Round 40 million individuals around the globe have bipolar dysfunction, which entails cyclical swings between moods: from despair to mania.
Kay Redfield Jamison is a kind of individuals. She’s additionally a professor of psychiatry on the Johns Hopkins College of Medication and has written extensively concerning the subject, from medical textbooks to private memoirs. In truth, Jamison penned one of many first memoirs ever written by a medical physician residing with bipolar, An Unquiet Thoughts.
Right now on Quick Wave, she joins us to speak concerning the analysis 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 information. Kwesi Lee was the audio engineer.
