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Treatment for Bipolar Disorder: Understanding Your Options

In this video, psychiatrists discuss different treatment options for bipolar disorder.

Brittany DoohanSarah Gupta, MD
Written by Brittany Doohan | Reviewed by Sarah Gupta, MD
Updated on July 5, 2023

By definition, bipolar disorder includes extreme mood shifts that bounce from one pole to the other — between high-energy mania and low-energy depression.

Getting a correct diagnosis is critical to ensure proper treatment: Treating bipolar disorder is unique due to the extreme shifts in mood. It requires mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, as opposed to standard antidepressant drugs. Learn more about these treatments here.

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Additional Medical Contributors (2)
  • Gail Saltz, MDDr. Saltz is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine and a psychoanalyst with the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
    • Susan Samuels, MDDr. Samuels is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

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