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One researcher shares her experience studying and living with bipolar disorder

NPR - Mental Health

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Today on Short Wave, she joins us to talk about the diagnosis process, treating and managing bipolar disorder. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people.

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Does Bipolar Disorder Get Worse with Age? Understanding the Impact on Older Adults

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mental health condition characterized by intense mood shifts, from manic highs to depressive lows. But as individuals age, many wonder: Does bipolar disorder get worse with age? Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults: What Changes? The answer is not straightforward.

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Self-Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder

Psychology Today

Have you wondered whether you or another family member had bipolar disorder? And did you go to Google to find out?

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A Reflection on “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance”

Mad in America

Laura was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. While previously bipolar disorder, formerly called manic-depressive illness, was applied to a narrow group of people who experience dramatic extremes of mood and energy level interspersed with periods of fairly normal function, it was now applied to a much broader range of people.

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Researchers achieve a significant advancement in early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

Researchers report significant strides in enhancing early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents. Bipolar disorder is a severe neuropsychiatric condition that often emerges during adolescence and is characterized by extreme mood swings.

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Lithium is best at decreasing the risk of depression-related hospitalisation in bipolar disorder, according to new cohort study

The Mental Elf

This Swedish cohort study, blogged by Duncan Swiffen, is yet more evidence for lithium as an excellent treatment for people with bipolar disorder. The post Lithium is best at decreasing the risk of depression-related hospitalisation in bipolar disorder, according to new cohort study appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Can sleep and activity changes really predict mania in bipolar disorder?

The Mental Elf

Alyson Dodd reports on a year long study of digital mood monitoring in people with bipolar disorder, which suggests that sleep and activity changes precede hypomanic episodes by three days. The post Can sleep and activity changes really predict mania in bipolar disorder? appeared first on National Elf Service.