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Old Feb 18, 2017, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by justafriend306 View Post
I honestly didn't know I was bipolar until I read it upside down on a nursing form at the hospital. As for this psychiatrist it will be interesting to see what he has written down as my diagnose(s) on a form I gave him to fill out for Veterans' Affairs (Canada).
There can be various reasons for making such a diagnosis. Where I live, medical aids provide better coverage for bipolar than unipolar and so mental health professions use that code more often!