Questions answered in this video include:

1. What is bipolar disorder?
2. How prevalent is bipolar disorder?
3. What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder?
4. Do BPD patients display any characteristic behaviours?
5. Are there different subtypes of bipolar disorder?
6. Is bipolar disorder genetically inherited?
7. Do any environmental or lifestyle factors influence the development of bpd?
8. Is there a link between substance abuse and bipolar disorder?
9. How is bipolar disorder diagnosed?
10. How is bpd different from schizophrenia?
11. What kinds of treatments exist for bpd?
12. What sorts of side-effects do bpd medications have?
13. Can patients do anything to prevent bpd?
14. What should be done if you suspect that you or a loved one has bpd?

Dr. Peter Silverstone, MB, BS, MD, MRC (Psych), FRCPC, is a clinician and professor of psychiatry at the University of Alberta. He is also a talented researcher and Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) scholar. Currently, he is involved in novel bipolar disease-related research, in which changes in the biochemistry of the brain in response to therapeutic interventions are imaged, using cutting-edge MRI imaging techniques.

A great source of further information on bipolar disorder can be found at www.canmat.org.