Bipolar Disorder Treatment Centers in Pelham, NH

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Crossroads Recovery Center, LLC
Treatment Center
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Crossroads offers both mental health and addiction programs including medication management. We believe that navigating the road to recovery, "Starts with You" we offer the following programs. Intensive Outpatient Treatment, Individual Counseling, Relapse Prevention, Aftercare, Medication Management, Interventions and Evidence Based Treatment. We are In-Network with most insurances and are an approved NH Medicaid Provider. We provide intakes with-in 24-48 hours for all programs. Here at Crossroads Recovery Center we understand the physical, emotional and psychological impact that active addiction can have on individuals and their loved ones.
Crossroads offers both mental health and addiction programs including medication management. We believe that navigating the road to recovery, "Starts with You" we offer the following programs. Intensive Outpatient Treatment, Individual Counseling, Relapse Prevention, Aftercare, Medication Management, Interventions and Evidence Based Treatment. We are In-Network with most insurances and are an approved NH Medicaid Provider. We provide intakes with-in 24-48 hours for all programs. Here at Crossroads Recovery Center we understand the physical, emotional and psychological impact that active addiction can have on individuals and their loved ones.
(603) 945-1152 View (603) 945-1152
Photo of Sheena Bice - Forge VFR - Manchester, NH, Treatment Center
Forge VFR - Manchester, NH
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Forge VFR works exclusively with veterans, active service members, law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatchers, and other high-stress professionals. Most aren’t looking for traditional therapy — they want better sleep, fewer replays of the call, less edge, and the ability to leave work at work. We understand the culture of service, the pressure to perform, and the hesitation to ask for help. Our clinicians are experienced in working with trauma exposure, hypervigilance, anger, anxiety, guilt, burnout, substance use, and relationship strain. Care is direct, confidential, and goal-focused — built for people who run towards crisis.
Forge VFR works exclusively with veterans, active service members, law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatchers, and other high-stress professionals. Most aren’t looking for traditional therapy — they want better sleep, fewer replays of the call, less edge, and the ability to leave work at work. We understand the culture of service, the pressure to perform, and the hesitation to ask for help. Our clinicians are experienced in working with trauma exposure, hypervigilance, anger, anxiety, guilt, burnout, substance use, and relationship strain. Care is direct, confidential, and goal-focused — built for people who run towards crisis.
(603) 704-4451 View (603) 704-4451
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Birch Grove Mental Health
Treatment Center
Serves Area
At Birch Grove Mental Health, we provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health care for individuals of all ages. Our experienced team offers a variety of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). Whether you’re managing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, or life transitions, we are committed to tailoring our care to your unique needs in a safe and supportive environment.
At Birch Grove Mental Health, we provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health care for individuals of all ages. Our experienced team offers a variety of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). Whether you’re managing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, or life transitions, we are committed to tailoring our care to your unique needs in a safe and supportive environment.
(603) 685-3156 View (603) 685-3156
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Clear Steps Recovery - New Hampshire
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Conveniently located in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Clear Steps Recovery is a short drive away from Boston, the Beach, or the White Mountains. At Clear Steps Recovery, our team of compassionate professionals offers you and your loved ones a unique, health-based, intimate approach, ultimately providing you with a clear pathway to successful, long-term recovery. Health realization is a treatment program based on the principle that individuals have an innate capacity for health and well-being. This means the program is designed to empower individuals to tap into their inner resources to achieve sobriety and recovery. The program is based on the latest research in psychology and addiction recovery. Some of the benefits of the health realization program include empowering individuals to harness their own inner resources, addressing the underlying causes of addiction, offering a non-judgmental and supportive environment, creating a customized treatment plan for everyone, and providing a robust support network.
Conveniently located in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Clear Steps Recovery is a short drive away from Boston, the Beach, or the White Mountains. At Clear Steps Recovery, our team of compassionate professionals offers you and your loved ones a unique, health-based, intimate approach, ultimately providing you with a clear pathway to successful, long-term recovery. Health realization is a treatment program based on the principle that individuals have an innate capacity for health and well-being. This means the program is designed to empower individuals to tap into their inner resources to achieve sobriety and recovery. The program is based on the latest research in psychology and addiction recovery. Some of the benefits of the health realization program include empowering individuals to harness their own inner resources, addressing the underlying causes of addiction, offering a non-judgmental and supportive environment, creating a customized treatment plan for everyone, and providing a robust support network.
(866) 561-3791 View (866) 561-3791

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CRTP-Sylmar
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Silver Spring residential treatment was uniquely created to provide integrative, holistic mental health treatment to adults in a home like environment. We provide the highest quality assessment, diagnosis, stabilization and treatment for adults with psychiatric issues. Psychiatric issues in adults can sometimes be complex and can result from a mix of medical, neurological and even chronic pain. Therefore, our medical team includes a psychiatrist, neurologist, pain management doctor and internist who all work together. We partner with a university to provide advanced cognitive testing, imaging scans and lab tests. We are uniquely licensed to provide cutting edge treatments such as ketamine, TMS and ECT and we offer crisis stabilization. Treatment is provided with kindness, empathy, dignity, and respect. Each treatment plan is designed by our interdisciplinary team and treatment plans evolve during the course of treatment. We reassess and re-evaluate each patient frequently, in order to help them continue to thrive mentally, emotionally and physically.
Silver Spring residential treatment was uniquely created to provide integrative, holistic mental health treatment to adults in a home like environment. We provide the highest quality assessment, diagnosis, stabilization and treatment for adults with psychiatric issues. Psychiatric issues in adults can sometimes be complex and can result from a mix of medical, neurological and even chronic pain. Therefore, our medical team includes a psychiatrist, neurologist, pain management doctor and internist who all work together. We partner with a university to provide advanced cognitive testing, imaging scans and lab tests. We are uniquely licensed to provide cutting edge treatments such as ketamine, TMS and ECT and we offer crisis stabilization. Treatment is provided with kindness, empathy, dignity, and respect. Each treatment plan is designed by our interdisciplinary team and treatment plans evolve during the course of treatment. We reassess and re-evaluate each patient frequently, in order to help them continue to thrive mentally, emotionally and physically.
(508) 406-9542 View (508) 406-9542
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Integrative Healthcare Center
Treatment Center
Nashua, NH 03060
Psychiatric Services for Adults and Children—We treat major depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and more using prescribed medication and scientifically valid therapies
Integrative Healthcare Center—for mental health and behavioral health. We offer licensed therapists, prescription management, psychiatry, autism care, and more. Integrative medicine, as defined by the U.S. Government’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, explores many treatment avenues, working with patients to heal the whole person, not just one organ system. Integrative Healthcare Center fills a void in the healthcare landscape. Mental health services are hard to find. With providers scarce and in demand, even established patients find themselves waiting months for treatment. Bringing together proven treatment methods, traditional and nontraditional, IHC exists to bring you the care you need, when you need it. Integrative Healthcare Center improves quality of life for clients by using proven treatments to make psychiatric services, autism care and wellness therapies available, affordable and accessible to everyone.
Psychiatric Services for Adults and Children—We treat major depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and more using prescribed medication and scientifically valid therapies
Integrative Healthcare Center—for mental health and behavioral health. We offer licensed therapists, prescription management, psychiatry, autism care, and more. Integrative medicine, as defined by the U.S. Government’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, explores many treatment avenues, working with patients to heal the whole person, not just one organ system. Integrative Healthcare Center fills a void in the healthcare landscape. Mental health services are hard to find. With providers scarce and in demand, even established patients find themselves waiting months for treatment. Bringing together proven treatment methods, traditional and nontraditional, IHC exists to bring you the care you need, when you need it. Integrative Healthcare Center improves quality of life for clients by using proven treatments to make psychiatric services, autism care and wellness therapies available, affordable and accessible to everyone.
(603) 952-3823 View (603) 952-3823
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Clover Behavioral Health
Treatment Center
Salem, NH 03079
We provide counseling and treatment services to those struggling with mental health and substance use disorders.
We provide counseling and treatment services to those struggling with mental health and substance use disorders.
(978) 216-7765 View (978) 216-7765
Photo of Caroline Elizabeth Gregorio - Clear Steps Recovery - Massachusetts, Treatment Center
Clear Steps Recovery - Massachusetts
Treatment Center
1 Endorsed
Londonderry, NH 03053
Conveniently located in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Clear Steps Recovery is a short drive away from Boston, the Beach, or the White Mountains. At Clear Steps Recovery, our team of compassionate professionals offers you and your loved ones a unique, health-based, intimate approach, ultimately providing you with a clear pathway to successful, long-term recovery. Health realization is a treatment program based on the principle that individuals have an innate capacity for health and well-being. This means the program is designed to empower individuals to tap into their inner resources to achieve sobriety and recovery. The program is based on the latest research in psychology and addiction recovery. Some of the benefits of the health realization program include empowering individuals to harness their own inner resources, addressing the underlying causes of addiction, offering a non-judgmental and supportive environment, creating a customized treatment plan for everyone, and providing a robust support network.
Conveniently located in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Clear Steps Recovery is a short drive away from Boston, the Beach, or the White Mountains. At Clear Steps Recovery, our team of compassionate professionals offers you and your loved ones a unique, health-based, intimate approach, ultimately providing you with a clear pathway to successful, long-term recovery. Health realization is a treatment program based on the principle that individuals have an innate capacity for health and well-being. This means the program is designed to empower individuals to tap into their inner resources to achieve sobriety and recovery. The program is based on the latest research in psychology and addiction recovery. Some of the benefits of the health realization program include empowering individuals to harness their own inner resources, addressing the underlying causes of addiction, offering a non-judgmental and supportive environment, creating a customized treatment plan for everyone, and providing a robust support network.
(857) 832-2004 View (857) 832-2004
Photo of Matthew Andrews - Meta Addiction Treatment – Haverhill, MA, Treatment Center
Meta Addiction Treatment – Haverhill, MA
Treatment Center
Serves Area
At Meta Addiction Treatment in Haverhill, MA, we provide outpatient treatment that meets the unique needs of each client, with customized treatment plans, group support, and holistic approaches to healing. Our clients typically struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, mood and personality disorders, and other emotional or behavioral issues. Our clients also seek help with substance use and addiction. We provide individual and group therapy, coping strategies, and support in a safe, compassionate outpatient treatment environment. We offer the convenience of full-day and half-day programs.
At Meta Addiction Treatment in Haverhill, MA, we provide outpatient treatment that meets the unique needs of each client, with customized treatment plans, group support, and holistic approaches to healing. Our clients typically struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, mood and personality disorders, and other emotional or behavioral issues. Our clients also seek help with substance use and addiction. We provide individual and group therapy, coping strategies, and support in a safe, compassionate outpatient treatment environment. We offer the convenience of full-day and half-day programs.
(351) 333-5632 View (351) 333-5632
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GateHouse Treatment
Treatment Center
Nashua, NH 03063
GateHouse is a private rehab facility providing intervention and treatment services to chemically dependent persons and individuals with co-occurring mental health issues. We offer treatment in a serene and luxurious setting. Our staff at GateHouse has decades of experience treating substance abuse and dual diagnosis clients. We provide individualized treatment in a small, gender-specific environment that promotes personal responsibility. GateHouse offers one of the only comprehensive vocational program in New England, which allows our clients to enroll or re-enroll in college or trade school. It will enable them to obtain a job in the career of their choice, and manage debt and legal problems. At GateHouse, evidence-based therapies are applied along with creative and innovative intervention methods. We provide extraordinary care and enable our clients to gain insight into the underlying factors that drive addictive and co-dependent behaviors. GateHouse helps clients learn how to set realistic goals, and achieve them while maintaining long-term sobriety. We want you to live a fulfilling productive and fruitful life. Your sobriety begins today. Call us to find your path to recovery.
GateHouse is a private rehab facility providing intervention and treatment services to chemically dependent persons and individuals with co-occurring mental health issues. We offer treatment in a serene and luxurious setting. Our staff at GateHouse has decades of experience treating substance abuse and dual diagnosis clients. We provide individualized treatment in a small, gender-specific environment that promotes personal responsibility. GateHouse offers one of the only comprehensive vocational program in New England, which allows our clients to enroll or re-enroll in college or trade school. It will enable them to obtain a job in the career of their choice, and manage debt and legal problems. At GateHouse, evidence-based therapies are applied along with creative and innovative intervention methods. We provide extraordinary care and enable our clients to gain insight into the underlying factors that drive addictive and co-dependent behaviors. GateHouse helps clients learn how to set realistic goals, and achieve them while maintaining long-term sobriety. We want you to live a fulfilling productive and fruitful life. Your sobriety begins today. Call us to find your path to recovery.
(603) 691-3135 View (603) 691-3135
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WestBridge
Treatment Center
Manchester, NH 03104
As a family-founded, private non-profit based in Manchester, NH, we specialize in treating adults 18+ experiencing schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and trauma-related conditions.
Residential offers 24/7 psychiatric & recovery care. PHP offers group therapy, psychiatric care & individual counseling, 5 hrs/day, 5 days/week. IOP offers group therapy & individual counseling. 3 hrs/day, 3 days/week, in-person & virtually. Community integration continues the wraparound psychiatric & recovery care while transitioning to independent living.
As a family-founded, private non-profit based in Manchester, NH, we specialize in treating adults 18+ experiencing schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and trauma-related conditions.
Residential offers 24/7 psychiatric & recovery care. PHP offers group therapy, psychiatric care & individual counseling, 5 hrs/day, 5 days/week. IOP offers group therapy & individual counseling. 3 hrs/day, 3 days/week, in-person & virtually. Community integration continues the wraparound psychiatric & recovery care while transitioning to independent living.
(855) 309-9913 View (855) 309-9913
Photo of Elizabeth Azzariti - Blue Hills Recovery , Treatment Center, LMHC
Blue Hills Recovery
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Situated in a welcoming tree-lined neighborhood just two blocks from Indian Lake in Worcester, Blue Hills Recovery offers a comprehensive range of highly personalized, compassionate, and effective mental health and substance use disorder treatment services. Our inviting, newly updated center offers a Day Treatment Program (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and outpatient levels of care as well as case management, medication management, and a variety of holistic therapy programs. Whether you're battling a substance use disorder, suffering from depression, or struggling with another behavioral health concern, our flexible programs are designed to accommodate your lifestyle and promote hope, healing and recovery. Our dedicated staff of professionals is here to support you - every step of the way.
Situated in a welcoming tree-lined neighborhood just two blocks from Indian Lake in Worcester, Blue Hills Recovery offers a comprehensive range of highly personalized, compassionate, and effective mental health and substance use disorder treatment services. Our inviting, newly updated center offers a Day Treatment Program (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and outpatient levels of care as well as case management, medication management, and a variety of holistic therapy programs. Whether you're battling a substance use disorder, suffering from depression, or struggling with another behavioral health concern, our flexible programs are designed to accommodate your lifestyle and promote hope, healing and recovery. Our dedicated staff of professionals is here to support you - every step of the way.
(508) 206-9033 View (508) 206-9033
Photo of Matt Andrews - Pillars Health Group - Tewksbury, Treatment Center
Pillars Health Group - Tewksbury
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Pillars Health Group - Tewksbury (formerly Keys Behavioral Health) provides outpatient treatment that meets the unique needs of each client, with customized treatment plans, group support, and holistic approaches to healing. Our clients typically struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, mood and personality disorders, and other emotional or behavioral issues. Our clients also seek help with substance use and addiction. We provide individual and group therapy, coping strategies, and support in a safe, compassionate outpatient treatment environment. We offer the convenience of full-day and half-day programs.
Pillars Health Group - Tewksbury (formerly Keys Behavioral Health) provides outpatient treatment that meets the unique needs of each client, with customized treatment plans, group support, and holistic approaches to healing. Our clients typically struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, mood and personality disorders, and other emotional or behavioral issues. Our clients also seek help with substance use and addiction. We provide individual and group therapy, coping strategies, and support in a safe, compassionate outpatient treatment environment. We offer the convenience of full-day and half-day programs.
(978) 723-1358 View (978) 723-1358
Photo of Ridge Rtc - Ridge RTC Maine - Farmhouse -Teen Treatment Center, Treatment Center
Rather than merely containing or shaping behaviors, we are committed to assisting young people by addressing the deeper, more difficult issues that impact their lives including anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and more.
Uniquely situated within the natural beauty of New England, both Ridge residential teen treatment centers in New Hampshire and Maine are specialized mental health treatment programs designed for teens, ages 12-18, requiring therapeutic assessment and enhanced support for mental, emotional, and behavioral health issues. The Ridge RTC provides a supportive and caring environment for teens who need more intense care than they can receive at home, at school, or in a traditional outpatient setting. Our programming focuses on stabilizing, evaluating, and preparing teenagers for a happier and more productive life beyond the program. We are proud to offer one of the most intensive treatment programs in the country. Our teen residential program offers 4 individual therapy sessions per week, group therapy multiple times a day, and a comprehensive family therapy component. Our holistic program includes psychiatric care, medication management, physical exercise, nutrition and other recreational activities. At The Ridge RTC, accessibility matters. With a commitment to extending high-quality treatment to as many families as possible, we are in-network with most major insurance carriers.
Rather than merely containing or shaping behaviors, we are committed to assisting young people by addressing the deeper, more difficult issues that impact their lives including anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and more.
Uniquely situated within the natural beauty of New England, both Ridge residential teen treatment centers in New Hampshire and Maine are specialized mental health treatment programs designed for teens, ages 12-18, requiring therapeutic assessment and enhanced support for mental, emotional, and behavioral health issues. The Ridge RTC provides a supportive and caring environment for teens who need more intense care than they can receive at home, at school, or in a traditional outpatient setting. Our programming focuses on stabilizing, evaluating, and preparing teenagers for a happier and more productive life beyond the program. We are proud to offer one of the most intensive treatment programs in the country. Our teen residential program offers 4 individual therapy sessions per week, group therapy multiple times a day, and a comprehensive family therapy component. Our holistic program includes psychiatric care, medication management, physical exercise, nutrition and other recreational activities. At The Ridge RTC, accessibility matters. With a commitment to extending high-quality treatment to as many families as possible, we are in-network with most major insurance carriers.
(207) 306-2429 View (207) 306-2429
Photo of Victoria Lee - Clear Reflection Counseling Adolescent IOP, Treatment Center
Clear Reflection Counseling Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program is Southern New Hampshires Premier Adolescent Outpatient Treatment Facility, Supporting children, teens, and families find more harmony and balance within their household and in the community.
Clear Reflection Counseling Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program is Southern New Hampshires Premier Adolescent Outpatient Treatment Facility, Supporting children, teens, and families find more harmony and balance within their household and in the community.
(603) 605-1707 View (603) 605-1707
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Trust Socal
Treatment Center
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
At Trust SoCal, we offer personalized care for adults facing both substance use and mental health challenges. Our treatment combines evidence-based therapies like EMDR, CBT, and DBT, with holistic methods such as yoga, sound therapy, and nutrition counseling. Choose from our Mental Health, Substance Use, or Christian Tracks, and receive a customized recovery plan tailored to your needs. At Trust SoCal, we understand the power of community. Through outings, softball games, basketball tournaments, and church events, we create opportunities for you to build lasting relationships and feel truly supported in your recovery.
At Trust SoCal, we offer personalized care for adults facing both substance use and mental health challenges. Our treatment combines evidence-based therapies like EMDR, CBT, and DBT, with holistic methods such as yoga, sound therapy, and nutrition counseling. Choose from our Mental Health, Substance Use, or Christian Tracks, and receive a customized recovery plan tailored to your needs. At Trust SoCal, we understand the power of community. Through outings, softball games, basketball tournaments, and church events, we create opportunities for you to build lasting relationships and feel truly supported in your recovery.
(562) 368-8817 View (562) 368-8817
Photo of Banyan Pompano - Banyan Pompano, Treatment Center, LMHC
Banyan Pompano
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Banyan Pompano’s Outpatient Program serves adults struggling with substance use, mental health conditions, or co-occurring disorders. Many come to us after detox or residential care, while others begin directly at the outpatient level. Clients often need continued clinical support, relapse-prevention skills, emotional stabilization, and a safe space to manage triggers and daily stress. Our flexible, evidence-based program helps them build coping skills, manage symptoms, and maintain accountability as they return to work, family, and community life.
Banyan Pompano’s Outpatient Program serves adults struggling with substance use, mental health conditions, or co-occurring disorders. Many come to us after detox or residential care, while others begin directly at the outpatient level. Clients often need continued clinical support, relapse-prevention skills, emotional stabilization, and a safe space to manage triggers and daily stress. Our flexible, evidence-based program helps them build coping skills, manage symptoms, and maintain accountability as they return to work, family, and community life.
(954) 283-7056 View (954) 283-7056
Photo of Victoria Lee - Clear Reflection Adolescent Intensive Outpatient, Treatment Center, LCMHC, MLADC
We work with adolescents and their families to help find balance and to create more harmony within the family and household. Over the past 15 years we have successfully treated thousands of teens and their families with our group therapy model along with weekly parents groups. The program is suited for teens who are struggling with depression and anxiety, self harming behaviors, normal developmental challenges, suicidal ideation, and more. Our "wholeistic" approach to adolescent mental healthcare focuses not only on treating the patient but by supporting the family as well.
We work with adolescents and their families to help find balance and to create more harmony within the family and household. Over the past 15 years we have successfully treated thousands of teens and their families with our group therapy model along with weekly parents groups. The program is suited for teens who are struggling with depression and anxiety, self harming behaviors, normal developmental challenges, suicidal ideation, and more. Our "wholeistic" approach to adolescent mental healthcare focuses not only on treating the patient but by supporting the family as well.
(603) 945-7979 View (603) 945-7979
Photo of Sheena Bice - Discover Health Group, Treatment Center, MLADC
Discover Health Group
Treatment Center
Nashua, NH 03062
(603) 605-0424 View (603) 605-0424

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Bold Steps Behavioral Health
Treatment Center
Concord, NH 03301
We offer a tailored plan of treatment to help each client obtain and maintain sobriety. Treatment services include Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient services. We also offer educational resources for clients and families.
We offer a tailored plan of treatment to help each client obtain and maintain sobriety. Treatment services include Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient services. We also offer educational resources for clients and families.
(717) 366-8034 View (717) 366-8034

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What is the most successful approach to treating bipolar disorder?
Living with bipolar disorder can be challenging, and a number of therapies have been found effective in providing support to patients as they gain the skills to understand and manage the disorder. Family-focused therapy is often helpful for children and teens (the majority of cases develop before age 19); it aims to minimize mood cycling by improving family communication and reducing conflict. It also helps young people navigate the developmental challenges the disorder can create. Cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) and variants such as Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)help patients manage the thoughts and feelings that influence bipolar mood swings as well as develop specific behavioral strategies to counteract them.

What happens in therapy for bipolar disorder?
Because the patterns of mood switching and its triggers differ for each person and can change over time, mood tracking or monitoring becomes a basic way patients learn about the nature of their condition. One of the most common features of therapy is finding a workable method of mood monitoring, in which patients track their daily activities and rate their moods, then use the findings to adjust routines accordingly. Patients learn ways of handling the many stresses that arise in life so that they do not trigger mood swings.

What kinds of problems does therapy help with?
Like many other mental health disorders, BPD is heavily influenced by stress; therapy provides skills for coping with stressors of all kinds. Therapy is extremely important for helping individuals identify the situations that may trigger mood switching, so that mood swings can be prevented. Therapy may especially target recognition of the early stages of mood change so that they can be managed. In addition, therapy helps patients deal with the significant amount of turbulence the disorder can create in relationships and in work life.

What is the goal of therapy for bipolar disorder?
Therapy helps patients set up their lives to maintain stability so that their mood isn’t constantly threatened by daily events. Perhaps the first task of therapy is to educate people about the nature of the disorder. At the same time, a primary goal of therapy is to enhance adherence to drug treatment. Extended periods of mood stability can prompt patients to discontinue medication, triggering relapse, while the early phases of manic episodes can feel so energizing that patients stop medication, ushering in full-blown mania and the altered self-perception that can lead to destructive behaviors. Another major goal of therapy is to understand one’s mood patterns so as to minimize both the frequency and intensity of mood cycling.