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The Link Between Heredity and Bipolar Disorder

Source: psychcentral.com

 

When a child is born, everybody’s so happy and excited in trying to pinpoint where it really got its features.  But besides the physical attributes, bipolar disorder can also run in the family.  Learning that your child has a bipolar illness isn’t an exciting thing, and is something that both parents must work on together to raise the child as healthy as possible.  

 

Patrick Corrigan, PsyD said “There is a dichotomy in how mental health is discussed in pop culture and media.”

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