The following questions are related to ‘Bipolar’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I am a 56-year-old woman who is intelligent, I have a good marriage, I’m not depressed, I don’t have any prominent emotional/psychological issues, and this is not something that has caused problems in the past. I’m not particularly prone to emotional attachments to celebrities. There were two periods of time in my life when [...]
Q: I am a 22-year-old college student. When I was 19 I was diagnosed with Dysthymic depression. The medication and counseling I received helped a lot, but there were still some issues that I was dealing with that weren’t resolved, such as an inability to focus, being easily distracted, spending hours more in the library [...]
Q: I understand that teenagers in divorced families want an opportunity to live with the other parent as they get older, I really do. But what do I do when my ex is an unmedicated manic depressive? This kid and I have been taken through the ringer over the years. Most recently was when his [...]
Q: I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist every few weeks for a couple of months now, but only to regulate my ADHD medication and not for any sort of therapy. I am extremely attracted to him, and I think he is too, but I know there are ethical issues with this. Is there any way I [...]
Q: My son is 26, and he says he “can’t” control his impulses — e.g., spending money, drinking, aggressive attitude, not going to work, etc. He believes he needs drugs to learn how to control himself. Basically, I want to know is there possibly any truth in the claim that he “can’t”.
A: This is a [...]
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