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| Dr. Susan Turner |
Dr. Susan Turner is a respected psychiatrist who sees individuals at her office in New York’s Flatiron District and undertakes home visits for patients with limited mobility. Dr. Susan Turner has extensive experience treating individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder, particularly in tandem with diabetes.
As reported in the Psychiatric Times in 2015, neuro-imaging studies of bipolar disorder do not generate consistent brain-change data. This may be due in part to the existence of a number of co-morbidities, with diabetes or pre-diabetes affecting more than half of bipolar patients. Not coincidentally, the leading cause of mortality associated with bipolar disorder is cardiovascular disease.
Complicating the issue of bipolar disorder and diabetes is that those with this pairing typically experience a more severe form of mental illness than those without, and often do not respond to standard bipolar treatment. Research findings suggest that hippocampal atrophy, associated with diabetes, may additionally contribute to bipolar disorder’s neuro-progressive nature. Dr. Turner understands the complex ways in which these two disorders interact and has extensive knowledge of the medications and treatments options for addressing a challenging bipolar-diabetes combination.
