Risks of Not Treating Bipolar Disorder WisdomCard™

  1. HealthyPlace: Effects Of Undertreated And Untreated Bipolar Disorder healthyplace.com - Effects Of Undertreated And Untreated Bipolar Disorder
  2. Suicide.org: Few People Know What Bipolar Disorder Is; Untreated Bipolar Disorder Can Cause Suicide suicide.org - Few People Know What Bipolar Disorder Is; Untreated Bipolar Disorder Can Cause Suicide
  3. BipolarCentral: Untreated Bipolar Disorder Can Lead To Poor Choices bipolarcentral.com - Untreated Bipolar Disorder Can Lead To Poor Choices
  4. HealthTalk: If Not Treated, Bipolar Disorder Almost Always Gets Worse www2.healthtalk.com - If Not Treated, Bipolar Disorder Almost Always Gets Worse
  5. Mayo Clinic: Bipolar Disorder: Complications mayoclinic.com - Bipolar Disorder: Complications
  6. Psychiatric Disorders: Complications Of Untreated Bipolar Disorder psychiatric-disorders.com - Complications Of Untreated Bipolar Disorder
  7. Patient Health International: Untreated Bipolar Patients Commonly Overweight patienthealthinternational.com - Untreated Bipolar Patients Commonly Overweight
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Research Notes on Risks of Not Treating Bipolar Disorder


Bipolar disorder is either untreated, under treated, or not appropriately treated over 60% of the time. People with untreated bipolar disorder are at a high risk for substance abuse, failed relationships, and failure in work or school. The risk of suicide is also substantially increased in individuals with untreated bipolar disorder. Studies have found that untreated bipolar disorder can even decrease life expectancy.1

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  • Untreated bipolar disorder increases your likelihood of being overweight.2
  • The risk of committing violent acts and homicide increases in people with uncontrolled bipolar disorder1
  • The suicide rate of adults not treated for their bipolar disorder is 18%.3


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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 HealthyPlace: Effects Of Undertreated And Untreated Bipolar Disorder
  2. ↑ Patient Health International: Untreated Bipolar Patients Commonly Overweight
  3. ↑ Psychiatric Disorders: Complications Of Untreated Bipolar Disorder

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