Bipolar disorder Construction Neurotransmitters and mental health 
Psychiatric Times
JUNE 12, 2025
For instance: “Imagine neurotransmitter particles traversing a synaptic cleft and binding to postsynaptic receptors like boats in the water that then either purposefully or indiscriminately land at one dock versus another. Metaphor and anthropomorphism can help.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
667 In an NIMH study of 547 patients that compared six-year outcomes for depressed people treated for the disorder and those who eschewed medical treatment, the treated patients were three times more likely than untreated ones to suffer a cessation of their principal social role and nearly seven times more likely to become incapacitated.
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