Celebrities with Bipolar Disorder WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Celebrities with Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a mental condition that is manifested in extreme mood changes. It can be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. It tends to run in families who have suffered from the disorder. It can occur in any age group. Some examples of famous people who suffered from bipolar are Ludwig van Beethoven, Isaac Newton, and Florence Nightingale.
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- Actors and actresses with bipolar disorder: Maurice Benard, Richard Dreyfuss, Carrie Fisher, Tony Slattery, and Jean-Claude Van Damme.1
- Authors and poets with bipolar disorder: Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Faulkner, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and John Keats.12
- Musicians with bipolar disorder: Ozzy Osbourne, Kurt Cobain, Macy Gray, Ray Davies, Ben Moody, and Axl Rose.1
- Political leaders who may have had bipolar disorder: Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Napoleon Buonaparte, and Alexander The Great.2
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wikipedia: List of People Believed to Have Been Affected by Bipolar Disorder
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Manic Depression Fellowship: Famous People with Manic Depression
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- Contributor: George Cabrera
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: George Cabrera
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Famous people with bipolar, Bipolar Disorder and Famous People, Bipolar and Famous People, Famous People with Bipolar Disorder
- Last update: Mar. 25, 2009
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