Lecture 38 Introduction to Treating Bipolar Disorder

[@xDomglmao]

Thank you very much for this great lesson! If you have the time I would very much appreciate your answers to the following questions I encountered during your lecture: 1. Is it correct that "mixed episodes" is defined as "full blown mania + 3 symptoms of depr. OR full blown depr. + 3 symptoms of mania"? 2. Is it correct that "rapid cycling" is defined as having "4 or more depr. episodes per year OR 4 or more mania episodes per year"? 3. I am a bit confused about "Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified" - you describe it as "only hypomania", is this correct? 4. Cyclothymic disorder means recurrent episodes (period of 2 or more years) of not so severe (

[@reisele1980]

BPD usually means borderline personality disorder, not to be confused with BAD (bipolar affective disorder)

[@444ferns9]

great content, thank you for this video