Residential Treatment for Bipolar Spectrum Disorder
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What is Bipolar Disorder?
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Bipolar disorder "is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe," according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
What is Residential Treatment?
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Residential treatment is "a therapeutic intervention processes for individuals who cannot or do not function satisfactorily in their own home environments," as defined by glossary.com.
Eligibility
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Not all bipolar patients require residential treatment. Typically, patients experiencing mania, the "up" side of bipolar, make up most of the bipolar population within treatment centers.
Treatment Plans
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Treatment plans, huge components of residential treatment, are a set of goals and expectations created by therapists and unique to each patient. A patient will work toward his goals and receive new liberties accordingly.
Psychopharmacology
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Also unique to each patient, psychopharmacology, psychotropic medication, is prescribed and evaluated by a team of professionals on a daily basis. This team will quickly discontinue medication if ineffective or troublesome side effects occur.
Therapy
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Another huge component of residential treatment centers is therapy. Both individualized and group therapy are mandated and included in every patient's treatment plan.
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