This involves working with a trained therapist to figure out ways to solve problems and cope with depression. It can be a powerful intervention, even producing positive biochemical changes in the brain. Three major approaches are commonly used to treat clinical depression. In general, these therapie...
anxiety, or avoidance as well as the thought patterns associated with the fear or anxiety. To be considered an anxiety disorder, the fear or anxiety also has to be persistent (lasting usually six months or more), and not a normal developmental phase (for example a young child being...
Individuals who have bipolar disorder often have other psychiatric diagnoses too. Anxiety disorders (such aspanic attacksor social anxiety) are the most common secondary diagnosis, in about three-fourths of people with bipolar. Additionally, over half of those with bipolar disorder also have alcohol ...
Natasha Tracy is an award-winning writer, speaker, advocate, and consultant from the Pacific Northwest. She has been living with bipolar disorder for 26 years and has written more than 2000 articles on the subject. Find more of Natasha’s work in her acclaimed book: "Lost Marbles: Insights ...