Bipolar Disorder — Guy Goodwin / Serious Science

Psychiatrist Guy Goodwin on the causes of bipolar disorder, why manic episodes are so dangerous and what medicines can be used to stabilise the mood.

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'Bipolar disorder affects in its more severe forms about almost one in a hundred people and in its milder forms it affects another one in a hundred people. So it’s pretty common: if we know about 200 people the chances are we know at least one person with bipolar disorder. '

Guy Goodwin, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

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