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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

Campaign 2008: The Candidates Address NAMI

By Christina Bruni , Health Expert

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) sent a 24-item questionnaire on mental health issues... Read more »

NAMI 2007 Convention: An Interview with Jonathan Stanley

By Robin Cunningham , Health Expert

...system is affected. Take someone that doesn't have a mental illness. If they really believe that... Read more »

Are the Mentally Ill Worthy of Care?

By Merely Me , Health Expert

...still exists for those who suffer from any type of mental illness. And I say this needs to... Read more »

An Interview with Xavier Amador, Ph.D. - Part One

By Christina Bruni , Health Expert

...inpatient research study of people who have serious mental illness. At the time (mid-1990s), we... Read more »

Sitting Out This Olympics

By John McManamy , Health Expert

...oil-exporting nation. You do the math.Oh, yeh. People with mental illness are not welcome at the... 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 »

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 »

Anemia: Risk Factors

Although nutritional iron-deficiency anemia has declined in industrialized nations, it affects an estimated 2 billion people worldwide. Even in the U.S., iron deficiency is the most... 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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