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Bipolar in Loved Ones Now Easier to Help Manage
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Bipolar in Loved Ones Now Easier to Help Manage
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USC, Las Encinas Hospital to study on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder in younger, older adults
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Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder affect 3% to 4% of the world’s population, or about 222 million adults worldwide. In the United States, bipolar disorder affects about 5.7 million adult Americans 18 and older. Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a serious brain disorder that causes extreme shifts in mood, energy and functioning. People with the disorder experience episodes of mania and …
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bipolar Linked to Lower Socioeconomic Status
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People with bipolar disorder are more likely to be single, disabled, and have a lower income than people without the disorder, according to new research. This often lowers their socioeconomic status than it would normally be, despite people with bipolar disorder often having more college education than those without the disorder. These are the findings of …
September 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bipolar disorder does not increase risk of violent crime
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September 16, 2010 A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder – or manic-depressive disorder – does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with bipolar disorder in violent crime statistics is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse.