Bipolar Disorder/Bipolar and Socio/Psychopathic

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Rating(1-10)	Knowledgeability = 9	Clarity of Response = 9	Politeness = 10
Comment	Thank you for responding so swiftly, and for suggesting that a new 'me' will emerge once I have been stable for some time. That's a very positive idea, and one I shall cling to. However, I would have liked a more detailed exploration of how the newly diagnosed can work to improve their self-esteem, how to restore a damaged self-concept, how to integrate manic depression into the rest of my life, but maybe this is a natural process that just takes time? I feel frustrated with my psychiatrist's focus on the bio-chemical aspects of this illness, while its psycho-social repercussions are largely ignored. Is it possible for me to address the same question to another volunteer, perhaps a therapist or someone who has experienced this process? (This is not to suggest your response was inadequate, but rather that I perhaps worded it badly, or did not choose carefully enough who it was directed to.) DonnaMariaMonroe@aol.com



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Ivan Goldberg, M.D.

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I am a psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist with many years of expereince in treating individuals with depressions, manic-depression (Bipolar Disorder), other mood disorders,. I am especially interested in the psychopharmacologic treatment of individuals with so called "treatment-resistant" syndromes.

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I have been on the staff of the National Institute of Mental Health, Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. I am currently in full-time private practice in New York City.

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I am the creator of Depression Central:http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html

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