Expert: Ivan Goldberg, M.D. - 5/17/2005

Question
Hi, I have a few questions and any info you could give me would be greatly appreciated. I have some answers to these that I got off Google but I wanted to know it from a professional.
These are the things I would like to know:

A basic description of the disease
Information on the background and history of the disease
The symptoms of the disease; how a person knows they have it
Any tests a health care provider would run to help diagnose the disease
How the disease affects the body (include each organ system it affects)
Cures or treatments for the disease
Current research to find a cure or better treatment for the disease
The age one normally gets this disease and how they get it
How a person's daily life is affected by the disease
Information on the cost of having the disease, such as for treatment, medications, hospitalization, etc.

thanks if you have any of this info..thanks a bunch

Answer
The answers to your querstions are available on the Web. You might start by reading the material at:
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.bipolar.html
then do a Google search to get the naswers to any unanswered querstions.

Best regards . . .

Ivan
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