We know that the majority of people who die by suicide have an underlying and often undiagnosed mental illness such as depression or bipolar disorder.
Mental health experts say it's impossible to say why they did it, but they say that people who kill themselves have an underlying psychological issue, such as depression or bipolar disorder, so it's not only about the money.
If a parent has bipolar disorder, his or her children have a 10% of developing bipolar disorder (more or less).
The DSM committees already tried their damnedest to support their diagnoses with neuroscience or biomarkers, but no lab tests yet exist for depression, schizophrenia, bipolar or obsessive-compulsive disorder, or, for that matter, any other mental disorders.
Psychologists say the footage indicates he could have been suffering from a severe case of grandiosity and possibly either bipolar depression or schizophrenia.
And its current plan of action for 2011-14, a 41, 000-word document, includes no mention of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or outpatient commitment, all essential elements in an effective plan for corrective action.
WSJ: E. Fuller Torrey: Fifty Years of Failing America's Mentally Ill
What I find really amazing is that if you have a parent or a sibling with bipolar disorder you are about twice as likely to have regular old depression as you are to come down with bipolar disorder.
Every hybrid motor needs an inverter, and the key component inside inverters is the integrated gate bipolar transistor, or IGBT.
Most commonly, the mood disorder accompanying the schizophrenic features is either bipolar disorder (bipolar-type schizoaffective) or depression (depressive-type schizoaffective).
First of all, in bipolar disorder there is usually a family history on both parents' sides of bipolar disorder, alcoholism, major depression, or all of these.
Teaching children how to handle stress in productive ways without becoming swamped by anxiety or anger is also likely to provide significant protection against bipolar disorder.
You used the word "brittle" to describe your condition, and it is a very accurate descriptor of how vulnerable people with bipolar disorder can be to changes in their human or natural environments.
If you are an identical twin and your twin has bipolar disorder you have a 50 percent chance of having or getting it yourself.
Even if I have bipolar disorder, I can choose to let it win, or I can choose to fight it.
Conversely, it is equally essential to help people that desire the diagnosis to understand that having 'mood swings' or chaotic and disorderly behaviour does not necessarily mean that they are suffering from bipolar disorder.
The new challenge for the psychiatrist is in either making or excluding the diagnosis and then sensitively dealing with the person who just 'wants to be bipolar'.
Certain characteristics of his prose -- hypersensitivity and constant rumination, or persistent contemplation -- reflect a pattern of temperament that some psychology researchers say connects mental illness, especially bipolar disorder and depression, with creativity.
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