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Wrong Diagnosis – How Bipolar Disorder Can Be Misdiagnosed as Schizophrenia or Depression

When seeing a psychiatrist for the first time, it is common for manic depressives to receive a wrong diagnosis. As very few of these individuals themselves suffer from mental illness, they are not adept at spotting the signs of mental illness. Case in point, it usually takes multiple doctors to receive a correct [...]

Bipolar I – How Does a Person Receive a Bipolar One Diagnosis?

Bipolar I – How Does a Person Receive a Bipolar One Diagnosis?
In order to be diagnosed with bipolar one, all that is required is that you have one episode of mania or a mixed state, either of which must last at least a week or cause hospitalization.
You may be surprised to note that an episode [...]