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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

Psychiatric Times

VMAT2 inhibitors, approved in 2017, represent a significant advancement in the treatment of TD, offering evidence-based options for managing symptoms. She has been on an antipsychotic medication to treat her bipolar disorder for 10 years, resulting in stability of mood symptoms that were previously poorly controlled.

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On Psychotherapeutic Literacy

Mad in America

Back then, during my hospitalization at the eating disorder clinic, borderline personality disorder was one of those common diagnoses. Later, bipolar disorder took its place. I authored and published my memoir amidst a surge of “illness memoirs” in Korea, particularly those written by young female writers.

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Treating the Hidden Complexities of ADHD

ADDitude

A staggering three-quarters of adults with ADHD have at least one coexisting condition like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), substance use disorder, or an eating disorder. Adult ADHD and comorbid disorders: clinical implications of a dimensional approach.

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How To Get Someone Into Rehab for Addiction Treatment

Clear Behavioral Health

Addiction quite often coexists alongside mental disorders like depression , anxiety , bipolar disorder , or other mental health conditions and drugs become a way for the person to quiet their thoughts [2]. Many rehabs treat co-occurring disorders, recognizing that they come in pairs. Mayo Clinic.

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Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic

Mad in America

Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In research circles, he’s known as the founder and executive director of the controversial Stanley Medical Research Institute, which has spent more than $550 million on biological research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder over the past few decades.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Five)

Mad in America

As Whitaker noted, the research literature shows that psychosis pills and depression pills increase the chronicity of the disorders, and the same is true for stimulants, benzodiazepines, and drugs used for bipolar disorder. 650 None of this history is found in Insel’s book or on NIMH’s website.

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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

Mad in America

Calming It Down In 2017, I began seeing the new psychiatrist, Dr. B, and he followed the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for treating drug-induced movement disorders by prescribing a beta-blocker and then later, a centrally acting alpha agonist, or Alpha-1, also an antihypertensive. She quipped, “ Everyone has bipolar.”