With appropriate treatment, the outlook for someone with bipolar disorder is favorable. Most people respond to a medication and or combination of medications. Approximately 50 percent of people will respond to lithium alone. An additional 20 to 30 percent will respond to another medication or combination of medications.he types of treatment that are commonly prescribed for bipolar disorder include: 1  Mood stabilizers. 2  Older medications, such as lithium, which are reliable and well-tolerated by most. 3  Once the first-line treatment for bipolar disorder, they have largely been supplanted by atypical antipsychotics. 4  Atypical antipsychotics.
the time it commenced operation.4 The average age of the US coal fleet is over 30 years, with up to one-third of the units over 50 years old in some regions. Figure 1-2 shows the ages of US fossil-fuel generation by ten-year increments, reflecting that approximately 500 gigawatts (GW) of total
Coal is primarily used as a solid fuel to produce electricity and heat through combustion. World coal consumption was about 7.25 billion tonnes in 2010 (7.99 billion short tons) and is expected to increase 48% to 9.05 billion tonnes (9.98 billion short tons) by 2030. Steam coal is a grade between bituminous coal and anthracite, once widely used as a fuel for steam locomotives. 2  In this specialized use, it is sometimes known as sea-coal in the US. 3  Small steam coal (dry small steam nuts or DSSN) was used as a fuel for domestic water heating.