#731 Living Well With Bipolar - Dr David Miklowitz
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
David Miklowitz is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA. Dr. Miklowitz’s research focuses on bipolar disorder and in this episode he shares the distinct differences between BP1 and BP2 and unpacks myths about bipolar disorder. Look for his new book Living Well with Bipolar Disorder: Practical Strategies for Improving Your Daily Life.
More about Dr. Miklowitz and bipolar disorder:
His new book is called Living Well With Bipolar Disorder
website: https://www.uclahealth.org/david-miklowitz
https://www.semel.ucla.edu/champ/team/david-miklowitz-phd
Support websites
Depressive and Bipolar Support Alliance: www.dbsalliance.org
International Society for Bipolar Disorders www.isbd.org
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 731 with my guest, Dr. David Miklowitz. |
| 0:05.6 | Thank you to everybody who sent their well wishes regarding the fires this week in L.A. |
| 0:17.6 | We are in my area. |
| 0:19.7 | We are now saving in my girlfriend's area. |
| 0:23.4 | But it was pretty scary. |
| 0:26.1 | I don't know if you've ever had to pack a go bag. |
| 0:30.5 | But it makes it very, very real. |
| 0:34.3 | So yeah, I had that by the door for a couple of days. |
| 0:37.2 | And it was really just a dildo and some |
| 0:39.8 | gummy bears, but I knew no matter what happened that would see me through. You know, it's, |
| 0:47.8 | it's kind of hard to go, well, where do I draw the line? Where does it become excessive? |
| 0:54.9 | And I just, I had it all in one duffel bag, you know, the old birth certificate, the medications, |
| 1:03.9 | the toiletries. |
| 1:08.4 | My heart goes out to the people who lost everything. |
| 1:11.6 | It's just, you know, what has been nice though is seeing all the volunteers step up. |
| 1:19.6 | And they actually said that where there were clothes donations, they said, |
| 1:25.6 | please don't bring any more. We have. We have too much. |
| 1:32.8 | So anyway, thank you for those of you who reached out or just had had us in your thoughts. |
| 1:41.3 | Hey, something I want to mention before we get into some surveys. I don't know if |
| 1:46.3 | you remember Renee Johnson. We had them as a guest, um, God, maybe a year ago. And they are a therapist |
| 1:56.8 | working here in Los Angeles. And they are part of a therapy collective called the Open Space |
| 2:04.6 | Therapy Collective, and they are kicking off an LGBTQ-plus online support group, and it will be |
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