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What are the most major effects of Bipolar Disorder on people, other than just mood swings?  Is it possible to tell if someone is suffering with the disorder, without them visiting a doctor?

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Hi . . .

Other than mood swings the effects of bipolar can be minimal or catastrophic. School failure, lack of occupational success and even suicide can result from untreated or inadequately treated bipolar disorder. Only a psychiatrist can make the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Anyone with severe depressions should see a psychiatrist for an evaluation, as should people scoring high on the screening examination at:
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.bipolar- screening.html

Best regards . . .

Ivan
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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.

A.B. Johns Hopkins University
M.D. N.Y.U. College of Medicine

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

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