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Originally Posted by Nessa213
That one part of average reduced life span: 9.2 years is kind of terrifying. 
Also, I think there should be a statistic of "percentage who ATTEMPT suicide". I'd imagine that percentage is damn near 100%.
The "percentage of curing with Lithium" part was a little annoying... just the word "curing" seems misleading. "Treating" or "successfully controlling"... sure. But curing makes it sound like it will go away completely and permanently. |
I agree with you. Using the word "curing" is very misleading.
I think it's just like autism or other things, even diabetes, the more something is understood the more it will be diagnosed. Even though diabetes is "rampant" now, it's possible it was just as rampant even 20/30 years ago and before, but the awareness was low even among doctors.
I do thing there are cases where people "fake" even just to get the attention of their doctor. But, I think people who fake it even to the doctor do have some sort of mental health issues even if it isn't bipolar.