News story appeared in Telegraph India daily regarding biolar disorder
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120916/jsp/7days/story_15982265.jsp
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120916/jsp/7days/story_15982265.jsp
More often than not, professional help is sought only
for patients suffering from severe manic episodes, points out Om Prakash,
associate professor of psychiatry, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied
Sciences, New Delhi. “They may appear pleasant and cheerful, but at times they
will be demanding, impulsive and destructive. Colleagues and family members
wouldn’t know how to handle them.”
“The illness does not necessarily follow a clear
pattern. In other words, it is not necessary that a patient who experienced an
episode of mania will next experience depression. A patient can experience two
manic phases one after the other or can have a hypomanic or depressive phase
following the manic phase,” says Prakash.
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