Bipolar Disorder
Carrie Fisher spoke about having bipolar disorder at a ComicCon event. She notices a parent trying to explain bipolar disorder to his son. Ms. Fisher explains it in the simplest yet most eloquent way. She truly had a gift with words. It's said that you know a genius when they can explain something extremely complicated in [...]
There have been many well-known people who have passed away in 2016, but one death that hit me harder than others was the death of Carrie Fisher, who passed away today, December 27th. It wasn't just Ms. Fisher's turn as Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, her brilliantly written Postcards from the Edge, her hilarious portrayal [...]
ScienceDaily (2007-05-04) -- Bipolar disorder is estimated to affect approximately 1-3 percent of adults, but also can affect children and adolescents. Untreated, this disorder is associated with greater risk of drug and alcohol addiction, interpersonal relationship difficulties, school and, later, work problems, engaging in risky behaviors, and suicide. A study published in the May issue of [...]
ScienceDaily (2010-12-27) -- Scientists have found that a genetic variant of a brain receptor molecule may contribute to violently impulsive behavior when people who carry it are under the influence of alcohol. The researchers sequenced DNA of the impulsive subjects and compared those sequences with DNA from an equal number of non-impulsive Finnish control subjects. They [...]
