What Are The Modes Of Treatment For Bipolar Mood Disorder?
- Other Treatments for Bipolar Disorder
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Prognosis
Treatment
Bipolar disorder is a recurrent disease that can be unpredictable. It is treatable, however, and many patients go to have healthy and productive lives. The major goals of treatment are to:
- Treat and reduce the severity of acute episodes of mania or depression when they occur
- Reduce the frequency of episodes
- Avoid cycling from one phase to another
- Help the patient function as well as possible between episodes
The doctor will first try to determine what may have triggered the attack and...
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