[Moose72]

New MRI Study Leads to Roadmap of Bipolar Brains | Psychology Today

Very interesting article! Bipolar IS a physical Illness!

[~Christina]

Thanks ! What a interesting study

[zapatoes]

Originally Posted by Moose72

New MRI Study Leads to Roadmap of Bipolar Brains | Psychology Today

Very interesting article! Bipolar IS a physical Illness!

Very cool article and I find brain abnormalities very interesting since they seem to be at least partial cause for learning disorders, autism, ADHD and now bipolar disorder.

[Zevvy]

Thanks for the article! I wonder what this will mean for treatment or medication.

[*Beth*]

Absolutely interesting! I definitely believe that mental illnesses are biological differences. I, too, am excited to find out in what direction such research will go, as far as treatment options.

[Jedi67]

Originally Posted by Moose72

New MRI Study Leads to Roadmap of Bipolar Brains | Psychology Today

Very interesting article! Bipolar IS a physical Illness!

wow! that was very interesting and enlightening. thanks for the article!

[luvyrself]

Thanks so much for posting this. It helps with stigma. I was so angry after Trumps ignorant remarks about mental illness this week and the prejudice his remarks can cause or reinforce. Your post made me a little sad as well because I. Inferred from this that you think it isn’t well known on this forum that these are physical disorders. I hope all of us knew that. Great article. We could all copy it to use with ignorant people.
I learned a lot this week from a bipolar friend who was a therapist working with violent folks such as domestic abusers. She said that in 95% of her cases, these violent men had anger management issues, not mental illness.Ofcourse, the El Paso perpetrator is a white supremacist so it was mostly ideological-such an evil and ignorant man. Hold your head high people, and speak out against stigma whenever you can. CNNwas good about pointing out that other countries have those with mental illness but not the mass shootings we have. Be sure to vote,everyone!

[Moose72]

Your post made me a little sad as well because I. Inferred from this that you think it isn’t well known on this forum that these are physical disorders. I hope all of us knew that. Great article.

It made me think of the thread "physical...." And there are so many posts that make references to mental this and physical that. Your brain IS physical! It really goes wrong from physical happenings and habits. We can do DBT to change our habits but bipolar is still physical. Jmo. Ymmv.

[fern46]

Originally Posted by Moose72

It made me think of the thread "physical...." And there are so many posts that make references to mental this and physical that. Your brain IS physical! It really goes wrong from physical happenings and habits. We can do DBT to change our habits but bipolar is still physical. Jmo. Ymmv.

I agree with this. Optimal physical health includes mental health. All of the systems need to be in balance for us to be healthy. It is all interrelated. Bipolar disorder is primarily a physical issue that causes a mood disorder, not a mood disorder that causes physical issues. The meds complicate things by causing additional physical issues, so its a vicious cycle.

The first thing I learned about bipolar disorder is that one of the causes is believed to be a chemical imbalance. That's a physical problem that manifests as a difference in the brain's ability to properly process emotion. Mental illness is then a symptom, not the cause. A book I read likened it to having type 1 diabetes.

[tecomsin]

Thanks for posting this Moose. The full Nature paper is publicly available on the web at
Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder: an MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group | Molecular Psychiatry

[Phoenix_1]

Thanks for sharing, Moose72. I thought it was a physical illness too. Hopefully these new findings will help with identifying and treating BP sooner for better results.