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
The coal industry is also aging: According to EIA the c apacity-weighted average age of operating coal facilities is 39 years. Dive Insight: An aging coal sector is consuming less fuel and producing less electricity, according to EIA data, as natural gas and renewables have increased their market shares. According to agency statistics, average annual net generation from coal-fired units reached an annual high of 2 billion kWh in 2007 but by last year had fallen to 1.2 billion kWh.