Making sense of bipolar swings (13 min 30 sec)

Bipolar Disorder: Cracking the Code - for the general public

Introduction - setting the scene

Section One: Core themes

Section Two: Features of bipolar disorder

Features of bipolar disorder, 1 (11 min 53 sec) (11:56)
Features of bipolar disorder, 2 (11 min 30 sec) (11:32)
Features of bipolar disorder, 3 (13 min 30 sec) (13:32)
Features of bipolar disorder, 4 (14 min 10 sec) (14:09)
Features of bipolar disorder, 5 (12 min 08 sec) (12:08)
Features of bipolar disorder, 6 - manic episodes 1 ( 10 min 58 sec ) (10:58)
Features of bipolar disorder, 7, exaggerated self-esteem and grandiosity (12 min 18 sec) (12:18)
Features pf bipolar disorder, 8 - grandiose ideas towards others (8 min 25 sec) (8:25)

Section Three: Bipolar disorder - a brain disorder?

Bipolar disorder does not appear on official brain disorder lists (27 min 04 sec) (27:04)
Who treats brain disorders? And who treats bipolar disorder? (28 min 16 sec) (28:16)

Section Four: Bipolar disorder - A brain chemical imbalance illness?

Section Five: Trauma and bipolar disorder

Trauma and bipolar disorder, 1. (13 min 03 sec) (13:03)
Trauma and bipolar disorder (15 min 19 sec) (15:19)
Trauma and bipolar disorder 3 (13 min 21 sec) (13:21)
Trauma and bipolar disorder 4 (15 min 45 sec) (15:45)
Trauma and bipolar disorder 5 (7 min 20 sec) (7:20)

Section Six: Making sense of the experiences and behaviours that are diagnosed as bipolar disorder

Making sense of supposedly "bizarre bipolar disorder" behaviour (18 min 35 sec) (18:35)
Making sense of grandiose ideation (25 min 11 sec) (25:11)
Making sense of the "highs" of bipolar disorder (38 min 42 sec) (38:52)
Making sense of bipolar swings (13 min 30 sec) (13:30)
Making sense of manic episodes, 1 (16 min 21 sec) (16:23)
Making sense of manic episodes, 2 (13 min 58 sec) (14:00)
Making sense of manic episodes, 3 (20 min 37 sec) (20:39)
Making sense of manic episodes, 4 (12 min 25 sec) (12:27)
Making sense of manic - and psychotic - episodes, 5 (20 min 55 sec) (20:57)

Section Seven: Bipolar disorder profiles

Section Eight: Triggers for bipolar episodes, and how to address them

Section Nine: Bipolar disorder outcomes

Bipolar disorder, The prevailing view: Recovery is not an option (15 min 24 sec) (15:24)
Full recovery is not an option, according to the prevailing understanding of bipolar disorder. Is this view correct? (11 min 43 sec) (11:43)

Section Ten: Key themes in bipolar disorder

Section Eleven: Emotions and bipolar disorder

Section Thirteen: Prevention

Prevention of high (manic) and low (depressive) episodes (11 min 12 sec) (11:12)

Section Fourteen: Well-being and Recovery Work (49 min 13 sec)

Introduction (01 min 10 sec) (1:10)
Addressing Links and Associations (11 min 29 sec) (11:29)
The difference between fantasising and skilful imagination and visualisation (36 min 34 sec) (36:34)

Section Fifteen: Genetics and bipolar disorder

Genetics and bipolar disorder, 1: The prevailing medical view. (14 min 07 sec) (14:07)

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