The Bipolar Clock: Stabilize Mood By Resetting Your Body Clock | Dr. Holly Swartz |

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 sleep-wake schedule, 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.
00:00 Introduction
00:13 About Dr. Holly Swartz
04:00 Circadian Rhythms Are Key for Bipolar Disorder
08:37 Advantages of Having a "Bipolar Clock"?
11:42 Light Disruptions, Season Changes, Blue Light
16:51 Create Consistent Routines
20:51 Time Your Eating, Body Position, Social Contact, Temperature
29:08 Track Your Social Rhythm Metric (SRM)
30:25 Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT)
33:33 Social Rhythm Therapy Workbook for Bipolar Disorder
36:00 Strive for a Supranormal Routine
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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.
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Free IPSRT Online Course: ipsrt.org
This episode is hosted by Dr. Erin Michalak and produced by Caden Poh.
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[@connieliz]

This is the best bipolar content on the internet. I usually can't watch a 5 min clip but I watch every episode of this show. The part about supranormal routines is 100% accurate. Being bipolar means we must be many times more consistent and stringent with our daily routines than the average person without bipolar disorder. I've learned this the hard way. Thank you for another wonderful session.

[@boostblip]

It’s so comforting to have a channel like this in the world. ❤Just purchased this book on Kindle. In any success story I hear concerning Bipolar Disorder, routine and especially sleep hygiene always seem to play a fundamental role in stability. This talk definitely confirms and clears up some of the science behind that for me. 📚

[@Yourtherapistknows]

I also bought the book, I love workbooks on this subject and anything that can help me get out of the hopeless depressive episodes!

[@CRESTBD]

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[@fredrickcampbell8198]

3:48 Close Captioning mistake: Lassen -> Latin

[@user-ph9fg6mm3j]

I have experience Circadian rhythms change in the last ten days of Ramadan and i felt healthier. I change my body clock from 12pm to 7am before and now 6am to 2pm and am feeling normal. Is this circadian rhythm change ok for person living with bipolar disorder?

[@CRESTBD]

Dr. Swartz here. You are the expert on your body and your body clock, so you know what works best for you. In research studies, however, Ramadan can put people living with bipolar disorder at risk for mood episodes, likely because of the circadian changes that take place when your body is on a new schedule to observe the fasting period. I usually tell people observing Ramadan to be careful in case their mood worsens during this period.

[@MikaM773]

These podcast episodes are absolute gems and I come back to them often. I don't know of a single bipolar peer who stays well without purposefully managing their sleep wake times. Bipolar health care needs to be schooled on this subject thoroughly.
I wish strength to all my bipolar peers who have tried and are still trying everything they can to live well again, I know you are watching these education videos. I never thought my life would be this good again. To those suffering out there, there is hope to get better. Do what you need to do to get well and don't ever give up.🤎