Award-winning researcher Dr. Holly Swartz breaks down the “bipolar clock”, and proposes a fresh approach to take charge of your bipolar symptoms by timing your light exposure, temperature, body position, eating, and social contact. Dr. Swartz also shares the science behind social rhythm therapy (SRT) and Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) in helping to reset your biological body clock and take charge of your bipolar symptoms.
Hosted by Dr. Erin Michalak.
Chapters and Timestamps
00:00Â Introduction
00:13Â About Dr. Holly Swartz
04:00Â Circadian Rhythms Are Key for Bipolar Disorder
08:37Â Advantages of Having a “Bipolar Clock”?
11:42Â Light Disruptions, Season Changes, Blue Light
16:51Â Create Consistent Routines
20:51Â Time Your Eating, Body Position, Social Contact, Temperature
29:08Â Track Your Social Rhythm Metric (SRM)
30:25Â Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT)
33:33Â Social Rhythm Therapy Workbook for Bipolar Disorder
36:00Â Strive for a Supranormal Routine
Dr. Holly A. Swartz is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and President of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders (ISBD). She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College, medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed her psychiatric residency training at New York Hospital / Cornell University School of Medicine. Dr. Swartz’s research focuses on understanding and optimizing treatments for mood disorders. She is well known for her work evaluating Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) as treatments for depression and bipolar disorder. Her research focuses on the role of IPSRT and pharmacotherapy in the management of bipolar II depression and IPT in the management of maternal depression. She is engaged in collaborative projects to develop computational frameworks to model dyadic interpersonal behaviors in relation to psychotherapy process and outcomes and to understand neural correlates of change in chronotherapeutic behavioral interventions. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Book Giveaway!
We’re giving away 2 copies of “The Social Rhythm Therapy Workbook for Bipolar Disorder”Â
To mark the launch of Dr. Holly Swartz’s new book, we’d like to send 2 physical copies of “The Social Rhythm Therapy Workbook for Bipolar Disorder” to talkBD podcast supporters anywhere in the world! Here’s how to enter the giveaway:
- Follow us on our Instagram or LinkedIn
- Comment on our Social Rhythm Therapy Workbook giveaway post on Instagram or LinkedIn, with the hashtag #talkBD
- Tune in to the “The Bipolar Clock” talkBD episode!
Winners will be picked at random and contacted on April 19, 2024!
If you would like to enter the giveaway privately without making a public comment, send us an email at team@talkBD.live with the subject “Book Giveaway”.
“The Social Rhythm Therapy Workbook for Bipolar Disorder: Stabilize Your Circadian Rhythms to Reduce Stress, Manage Moods, and Prevent Future Episodes” is also available on Amazon. The book is published by New Harbinger Publications. For more information, click here
Resources
🧑‍🏫 Free IPSRT Online Course: ipsrt.org
đź”—Â International Society for Bipolar Disorders: isbd.org
📚 The Social Rhythm Therapy Workbook for Bipolar Disorder (Amazon)
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