Bipolar Lives WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Bipolar Lives
Living with bipolar disorder is similar to living with other chronic illnesses. With appropriate treatment including medications and support, it can be treated successfully. If you or a loved one has bipolar disorder, you are not alone. Many go on to lead rich and satisfying lives.1
Fast Facts:
- About 5.7 million American adults in the U.S. have bipolar disorder.2
- Bipolar is often not recognized as an illness, and people may suffer for years before being properly diagnosed and treated.2
- Why or how bipolar disorder happens is still being studied. Heredity and environmental components seem to be factors.3
- You can take an OrganizedWisdom quiz on bipolar disorder to help shed light on whether or not you may have this condition.
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Bipolar.com: Living With Bipolar Disorder
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Institute of Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder
- ↑ Life Love and Bipolar: Bipolar Disorder
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- Contributor: Tara Salamone
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Tara Salamone
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Living with Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder Lives, Living with Bipolar Disorder
- Last update: Apr. 8, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.