Word: bipolarity
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...expect that they will reduce its deadly impact. So Charney, Evans and other experts want to make physicians more aware of the intimate connection between depression and other illnesses. "When you only have roughly eight minutes with your primary doctor," says Lydia Lewis, president of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, "it's kind of hard to get into the realm of depression. And when you go to see a specialist, the cardiologist is thinking just about your heart...
...designed to fill. Borderline-personality disorder affects more women than men, and some research has shown that up to 70% of borderline women were sexually or physically abused at some point in their lives. It's hard to hang that kind of mistreatment on the genes. Poorly handled bipolar disorder or learning disabilities may also evolve into personality disorders. Dr. Larry Siever, professor of psychiatry at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, believes that some of the rise in PDs may be linked to the loss of natural support groups, as individuals in an increasingly mobile culture...
...object--Anna Kournikova's tennis outfit, say, or Tom Cruise's Risky Business skivvies? Actually, don't answer that--we really don't want to know--and you should probably think twice before telling your therapist. She might diagnose you with fetishism, which is listed along with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a curious but extremely influential book called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM for short...
...test the idea that trendy psychological ailments can be as infectious as the flu in a preschool, I logged onto several popular mental-health sites and, using various checklists, tried to determine what, if anything, was wrong with me. I started by screening myself for bipolar disorder, the subject of a TV commercial that had alarmed me with its suggestion that frantic housepainting might indicate an illness. "Some individuals notice that their mood and/or energy levels shift drastically from time to time," read the first line of one Web questionnaire. Did the statement apply to me? It did. I checked...
When I scored myself, I discovered that there's a "moderate likelihood" that I am, in fact, bipolar and a candidate for drugs to moderate mood swings. Further delving yielded more disturbing news. From a feature titled "Does This Sound Like You?" on the National Institute of Mental Health's site ("You get tired easily, yet have trouble sleeping" was one statement that I found particularly relevant), I learned that I may also suffer from generalized anxiety disorder. What don't I have? I'm probably free of social phobia. Sweating and shaking when others look my way doesn...