Treating Bipolar Disorder: The Dopamine System (9 of 11)

Treating Bipolar Disorder: The Dopamine System (9 of 11) – Professor Wayne Drevets describes how dopamine receptor antagonists can stop mania. Similarly, enhancing dopamine function can enhance depression.

Reader Says Bipolar Is a Myth

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Mental illness a myth? Considering that records of bipolar disorder go back to the time of mythology – between 100 and 200 A.D. – that there is clear evidence that it can be inherited, and that it responds to treatment – plus a number of other factors …
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Unnecessary stigma surrounds mental disorders

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Many clinical diagnoses, some well known and others less so, are categorized as “mental health disorders” and include depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, cyclothymia, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), dissociative identity disorder (DID, formerly …
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