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A colleague writes in . . . I’m a therapist working with an adolescent with a rapid cycling bi-polar, and the episodes of suicidal thoughts are not improving, the psychiatrist is working on the meds, we seem to have a good week and a bad week, where episodes of deep depression hit most days . . . → Read More: A difficult case  One comment - (Comments are closed)  anger/irritability, antidepressants, antipsychotics, bipolar disorder, depression, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, parenting, relationships, therapy, Uncategorized  Abilify, Add new tag, bipolar disorder, cognitive behavioral treatment, Depakote, depression, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Hartman, Linehan, lithium, mood stabilizers, Philadelphia, Psychiatrist, rapid cycling, self injury, suicidal ideation, suicide My daughter’s father has recently (within the last week)begun taking an antidepressant for depression. He and I had been getting along well with no fights or hostility depsite some disagreements during this time. We are divorced but are friends and are able to attend family functions and cooperate as to our child 95% of the . . . → Read More: A duty to listen . . . you don't violate confidentiality if you keep your mouth shut Comments are closed anger/irritability, antidepressants, bipolar disorder, depression, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, parenting, relationships, therapy, Uncategorized anger, antidepressants, bipolar disorder, depression, divorce, ex-husband, ex-wife, Hartman, HIPAA, hypomanic, irritability, irritable, manic, medication, mood stabilizers, Philadelphia, Psychiatrist, suicide, symptoms The presence of chronic suicidal thoughts is one of the more difficult issues to deal with in psychiatry. It is one of the issues that separates psychiatry from all other branches of medicine. When patients see my colleagues, they want to get better. Sometimes, when patients see me . . . they just want to . . . → Read More: Chronic suicidal thoughts . . . to be or not to be . . . 14 comments - (Comments are closed) antidepressants, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, medical illness, medication, relationships, stress management, therapy anxiety, crisis, depression, Hartman, philadelphia psychiatrist, suicidal thoughts, suicide, therapy |
   
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