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Kay Redfield Jamison: Tips from an expert
by Jacqueline L. Salmon, bp Magazine
Winter 2009
TIPS FROM AN EXPERT
Here are suggestions from Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, above.
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by Jacqueline L. Salmon, bp Magazine
Winter 2009
TIPS FROM AN EXPERT
Here are suggestions from Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, above.
- Stay on your medication.
- Get regular sleep. “[This is] far and away the most important thing next to medication.”
- Get psychotherapy if you can afford it.
- Get involved with a support group, such as those available through the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA).
- Read and learn about your illness. Go to good Web sites such as www.dbsalliance.org and NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness - Mental Health Support, Education and Advocacy.
- Go in with a list of questions when seeing your doctor. “Never assume competence until it’s demonstrated. Question, question, question. Badger, badger, badger.”
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