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Health Encyclopedia: Bipolar Disorder Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Between 1 - 2 million Americans are thought to suffer from bipolar disorder. Estimates of the lifetime risk for the disorder run are about 1.25%. There is some indication that the incidence of bipolar disorder may be increasing, but more research is needed to confirm this.
Gender
Bipolar disorder affects both sexes equally, but there is a higher incidence of rapid cycling, mixed states, and cyclothymia in women. Early-onset bipolar disorder tends to occur more frequently in men and it ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Interview with Doctor Jane Mountain, Author and Mental Health Advocate
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Health Guide
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...depressive episode. This cycling makes it possible to divide bipolar disorder symptoms into two different types: depressive symptoms and manic symptoms. A patient does not need to have all the... Read more »Images
Medications
...life. This is a psychiatric medication (antipsychotic-type) that works by helping to restore the... Read more »
...Ziprasidone is a psychiatric medication (anti-psychotic type) that works by helping to... Read more »
...mental/mood disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders). This medicine helps you... Read more »
...schizophrenia, manic phase of bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder). This medicine helps... Read more »
...Aripiprazole is known as an antipsychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to... Read more »
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