In America 26.2% of adults have a mental illness, 6% are considered serious, 9.5% fall under mood disorder, and 2.6% of all adults in America are bipolar.
Comparatively that is one of the lest common disorders to have (almost a tied with BPD). OCD and Schizophrenia have a small percentage.

If more than one fourth of the country are effed up, than it kinda sounds like a effed up country..... and it should be in hands of sociologists and educators, not shrinks and their pharma profits.

Seriously, this statistic scares me and annoys me at the same time. I kinda don't believe it... couple with "it's biological" it would imply human breed is one very defiecient species.



The most debate about BP is with children because for the first time the idea that children can have this disorder is arising. Early detection early prevention.
Anyone else have other opinions?

Prevention of what? Having a life untarred with "my brain is broken"? Prevention of their brain developing right without having all kinds of drugs thrown at it? Prevention of the chance they may grow out of it with loving and empathetic guidance?

There is no cure of MI. Drugs only treat symptoms. They don't prevent anything. Labelling a child is only gonna create more problems with issues of self-perception and self-worth.