This article was on the front page of PC today. Looks like they are studying more and more the similarities of bipolar and schizophrenia and how they really aren't that different.
Blurred Lines Between Schizophrenia, Bipolar Biology | Psych Central News
This is especially interesting to me:
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The research is revealing similar deficits in the brain among grey matter (neurons) and white matter (neuronal projections and connective cells) among schizophrenia and bipolar patients. Also, the two disorders share similar types of cognitive deficits.
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This study is ongoing and has a population of 3,000 patients in US.