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Now, when we talk about suicide, there is also a medical contribution here, because 90 percent of suicides are related to a mental illness: depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia, borderline personality.
Several groups are studying conditions like depression, schizophrenia and bipolar and what's going on in terms of sleep disruption.
The first was that sleep disruption actually precedes certain types of mental illness, and we've shown that in those young individuals who are at high risk of developing bipolar disorder, they already have a sleep abnormality prior to any clinical diagnosis of bipolar.
She had bipolar illness, or manic depression, as it was then known.
The World Health Organization estimates that brain illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression are the world's largest cause of lost years of life and work.
And in the lab, we were asking the question, "What are the biological differences between the brains of individuals who would be diagnosed as normal control, as compared with the brains of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective or bipolar disorder?"
You have a new bipolar world in which cyber-internationalism, our belief, is challenged by cyber-nationalism, another belief.
I was diagnosed as bipolar, and I think I'm going to be OK." (Applause) I would love to tell you that that's an unusual exchange, but we're doing on average 2.41 active rescues a day.
Since then, she's been jailed about 10 times on those cases, but she has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and she needs medication every day.
What is bipolar disorder?
The word bipolar means two extremes.
For the many millions experiencing bipolar disorder around the world, life is split between two different realities - elation and depression.
Although there are many variations of bipolar disorder, let's consider a couple.
The depressed phase of bipolar disorder manifests in many ways - a low mood, dwindling interest in hobbies, changes in appetite, feeling worthless or excessively guilty, sleeping either too much or too little, restlessness or slowness, or persistent thoughts of suicide.
Worldwide, about one to three percent of adults experience the broad range of symptoms that indicate bipolar disorder.
So what causes bipolar disorder?
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, scientists have discovered that the brain's pruning ability is disrupted in people with bipolar disorder.
With only confusing signals as a guide, people with bipolar disorder develop abnormal thoughts and behaviors.
Also, psychotic symptoms, like disorganized speech and behavior, delusional thoughts, paranoia, and hallucinations can emerge during extreme phases of bipolar disorder.
But despite these insights, we can't pin bipolar disorder down to a single cause.
In this brain region, factors as varied as genetics and social trauma may create abnormalities and trigger the symptoms of bipolar disorder.
But that doesn't mean there's a single bipolar gene.
In fact, the likelihood of developing bipolar disorder is driven by the interactions between many genes in a complicated recipe we're still trying to understand.
The causes are complex, and consequently, diagnosing and living with bipolar disorder is a challenge.
Some bipolar patients reject treatment because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity.
And beyond treatment, people with bipolar disorder can benefit from even simpler changes.
Remember, bipolar disorder is a medical condition, not a person's fault, or their whole identity, and it's something that can be controlled through a combination of medical treatments doing their work internally, friends and family fostering acceptance and understanding on the outside, and people with bipolar disorder empowering themselves to find balance in their lives.
I have bipolar depression.
ECT is commonly used to treat severe cases of major depression or bipolar disorder in patients who haven’t responded to other therapies, or who have had adverse reactions to medication.
We ought to be able to find the gene for bipolar; there's a relationship.
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