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Health Encyclopedia: Bipolar Disorder Prognosis

Prognosis

Medical evidence has shown that patients with bipolar disorder have higher death rates from suicide, heart problems, and death from all causes than those in the general population. Patients who get treatment, however, experience great improvement in survival rates, including deaths from suicide and heart disease.

Suicide

The risk for suicide is very high in patients who suffer from bipolar disorder and who do not receive medical attention. Between 10 - 15% of patients with bipolar disorde...

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Expert & Community Posts

Health Care Reform Messages

By CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD , Health Expert

...Chronic Care-Chronic Condition Management must include mental illness and mental disorders, such... Read more »

Mental Illness Awareness Week: October 4 - 10

By Teri Robert , Health Expert

Next week, October 4 - 10, is Mental Illness Awareness Week. In 1990, the United States Congress... Read more »

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the Purple Heart

By Peter Ashenden , Health Expert

...and must be reconsidered. For too long, people with mental illness have been discriminated... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Time for a Name Change?

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...the most misunderstood and stigmatized of all the mental illnesses. "Every time I say the word... Read more »

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Health Guide

Alcoholism: Treatment for Alcoholism

...patients who were treated only for their medical conditions.Treating People Who Have Both Alcoholism and Mental IllnessTreatment for patients with both alcoholism and mental illness is... Read more »

ADHD: The Basics

According to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a legitimate psychologic condition.ADHD is a syndrome generally characterized... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Complications

...significant hope for improving quality of life.Medical IllnessesStudies have reported that people with severe mental illnesses suffer more from serious health problems than those without mental... Read more »

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Diagnosis

...bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Depression or anxiety not associated with a psychosis or severe mental illness does not rule out CFS.Symptoms of major depression include the following:A... Read more »

Other Treatments for Bipolar Disorder

Other TreatmentsElectroconvulsive TherapyElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT is a non-drug treatment for bipolar disease and other mental disorders, such as severe depression. It is commonly called shock... Read more »

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