An Anthropological Perspective on Depression and Bipolar Disorder

To go back to my original question for Meredith Small about what she would do if she were bipolar, her idea of finding many things that will help rather than just one treatment is advice all of us can use. Even though we may share the same diagnosis, we are all different. Even though we may have a bio-chemical imbalance, we live in a culture and are social animals. What’s going on in these networks, what we are feeding our brains, how we are dealing with stress—let’s put it all on the table and give ourselves the best chance possible for success.

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