like failure to meet a goal. People with "depressive" personalities, someone who has a negative outlook on everything, is more likely to have a depression problem.What Forms of Treatment Are Available?There is no known cure for bipolar disorder, but it is treatable. The success rate for treatment is eighty percent1. There are two ways of treatment. For best results, both methods should be used together. Counseling and Psychotherapy. Counseling, or talking over problems with a counselor, helps by allowing the release of withheld emotions and problems. A counselor may be able to help a person understand and solve problems. The Webster's Dictionary defines psychotherapy as the process in which a "patient and psychiatrist work out the problems created by the disorder and reestablish healthy self-image". Medication. There are two types of medications used to control symptoms of bipolar disorder. Mood stabilizing medications are used to prevent mania and severe depression. They work by balancing the neurotransmitters, a substance that transmits nerve impulses, in the brain1. Antidepressants are used to prevent depression by altering the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain1.CONCLUSIONWhat Are the Consequences of Non-Treatment?There are several negative results of not treating bipolar disorder. The following table shows the total number of people in a certain situation versus the number of people in each situation with an untreated depression disorder. The statistics used to create Table 2 are from the 1998 MacArthur Foundation Study....
