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Bipolar disorder

What are the causes?

The cause of Bipolar Affective disorder is not known but it is thought that genetic and environmental factors are involved. Stress factors may play a part in the further onset of the disorder in previously diagnosed individuals.

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Medical text written May 2005 by Contact a Family. Approved May 2005 by Professor K Ebmeier, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK and Chair, Bipolar Guideline Group, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.

 

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