![]() ![]() And those are indeed powerful reasons for many to feel socially disabled. Many live on the ashes of what used to be their social life before everything was gone with the fire of the illness.įor a long time, the assumption was that recovery was difficult due to social factors, stigma and discrimination. Many take their medicines, after having learnt that stopping them leads to relapse and misery and, in addition, more medication, but are unable to get their jobs back or to finish their studies. ![]() But many patients with bipolar disorder stay there, more or less feeling well, but not doing well at all. Illness‐focused psychological interventions, such as psychoeducation, have helped many to stay well for longer periods of time, and in some cases, indefinitely. The current therapeutic armamentarium, consisting of traditional drugs such as lithium, plus anticonvulsants, antipsychotics and, in some cases, antidepressants, has made remission an achievable goal for many patients with bipolar disorder. This is equivalent to say that the critical endpoint is not anymore mere improvement, nor even remission, but recovery. Patients nowadays do not just want to feel well, they want to do well because they want to be well. Bipolar disorder is not just a mood disorder. ![]()
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