How Does Bipolar Disorder Affects The Brain?
Manic depression; Bipolar affective disorder
Treatment
Periods of depression or mania return in most patients, even with treatment. The main goals of treatment are to:
- Avoid moving from one phase to another
- Avoid the need for a hospital stay
- Help the patient function as well as possible between episodes
- Prevent self-injury and suicide
- Make the episodes less frequent and severe
The health care provider will first try to find out what may have triggered the mood episode. The provider may...
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