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Consultant psychiatrist Tom Pennybacker outlines what mood stabilising medication does and how it’s mainly used to control bipolar disorder’s mood swings, or occasionally other conditions such as recurrent depression. https://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com Chelsea Psychology Clinic are a group of London psychologists and psychiatrists offering private psychological therapy and psychiatry treatment from their premises across central London and Chelsea. The private therapy sessions cover the following areas: – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Cognitive-behavioural Therapy – Couples Therapy – Dialectical-behaviour Therapy – Mentalisation Based Treatment – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – Schema Therapy
Video Transcription
A mood stabiliser is a type of medication that’s mostly used in bipolar disorder, which is meant to reduce the severity or even stop completely the mood swings that take place in that disorder. These medications are also sometimes used for other conditions, such as recurrent depression and people who experience emotionally intense difficulties.
