Bipolar disorder is a major global healthcare crisis,causing untold levels of distress and costing lives daily. For too long this crisis has gone unacknowledged. Lack of progress in understanding and addressing bipolar disorder means that too many people worldwide are left in a painfully dark limbo, in search of a meaningful diagnosis and for effective treatments that work for them. Hope for prevention remains a distant dream.
This has drastic consequences – rates of suicide are up to 20 to 30 times higher in people with bipolar disorder than the general public. And life expectancy is as much as 15 years less – largely due to destitute clinical management of physical health.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com