Childhood trauma linked with bipolar in young adulthood

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Although medication is the primary treatment for bipolar disorder, adding specific vitamins or supplements might provide additional relief from symptoms. Here’s what the research shows. Navigating treatment options beyond medications can be an important part of managing bipolar disorder, and vitamins and supplements may provide a supportive role. They not only have the potential to...

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Our understanding of bipolar disorder and its management has significantly evolved, with individuals actively participating in their own care. As history shows, we’ve come a long way. Though it’s impossible to trace the first case of bipolar depression or mania, much is known about the evolution of its identification and subsequent classification and naming as...

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Firsthand accounts from those with bipolar trace the brain-based disorder’s presence through generations in their families. For some families, bipolar disorder runs through the generations as invariably as freckles or cleft chins appear in other family trees. Even so, looking for your family’s source of bipolar disorder can be a little like searching for the...

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An evaluation by a child/adolescent psychiatrist is the first step to a bipolar diagnosis. Here are 8 symptoms that could warrant a visit to a mental health professional. Is It Bipolar Disorder? Parenting is both rewarding and difficult, and our duties as caregivers to our children or adolescents evolve as they learn, grow, and mature....