Are Treatments Different Among Mood Disorders?

Are Treatments Different Among Mood Disorders? (0:58)

Just as no two mood disorders are alike, neither are the treatments. HealthMaker Ellen Leibenluft, MD, chief of bipolar spectrum disorders at the National Institute of Mental Health explains more in this video.

Ellen Leibenluft, MD

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About Ellen Leibenluft, MD

Ellen Leibenluft, MD, is senior investigator, chief of the section on bipolar spectrum disorders and co-chief of the Emotion and Development Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Dr. Leibenluft has been with the NIMH since 1989. Her work centers on bipolar disorder and severe irritability in children and adolescents: brain mechanisms, imaging and diagnosis, and treatment.

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Are Treatments Different Among Mood Disorders?