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Laura was diagnosed with bipolardisorder. While previously bipolardisorder, 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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Mary Butler explores a recent randomised controlled trial of probiotic formulations for patients with bipolardisorder or schizophrenia spectrum disorder. The post Probiotics for bipolardisorder and schizophrenia appeared first on National Elf Service.
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