World Bipolar Disorder Day is coming up, and we wanted to clarify a few points. This illness is often misunderstood and the subject of many persistent myths.
This post was made in collaboration with @camhnews
Sources
- The International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force report on pediatric bipolar disorder: Knowledge to date and directions for future research | Bipolar Disorders | September 2017
- Psychiatric Polygenic Risk Scores Across Youth With Bipolar Disorder, Youth at High Risk for Bipolar Disorder, and Controls | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | November 2024
- Neurovascular correlates of retinal microvascular caliber in adolescent bipolar disorder | Journal of Affective Disorders | January 2023
- Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder Predispose Youth to Accelerated Atherosclerosis and Early Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association | Circulation | September 2015
- Impaired coronary microvascular reactivity in youth with bipolar disorder | Psychological Medicine | April 2024
- Correlates of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder among adolescents with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A) | Journal of Affective Disorders | February 2025
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