When to Seek Professional Help
When to Seek Professional Help for Bipolar II Disorder
This page highlights the kinds of urgent warning signs that should move the conversation from routine follow-up to professional assessment, crisis support, or emergency care.
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Seek urgent help now if any of these are present
- Thoughts of suicide, self-harm, or feeling unable to stay safe.
- Thoughts of harming someone else, escalating violent urges, or loss of behavioral control.
- Hopelessness so severe that the person feels there is no point in continuing or no way to stay safe.
- Severe agitation, psychosis, intoxication, withdrawal, delirium, or inability to care for basic needs.
- If there is immediate danger, call 911, contact 988 in the United States, or use emergency services in your region.