Healthy Minds | Bipolar Disorder, Part One: A Conversation With Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.

The psychologist and MacArthur Fellow shares her experience as both a researcher and someone living with bipolar disorder, exploring the latest information about diagnosis and treatment for this mental illness that often strikes young adults during an already vulnerable time of life.

[@eileenhay5697]

Kay you’re a great example of living well with bipolar. I also admire your capacity to express and explain your personal experiences of depression and bipolar disorder giving hope to others to help them overcome their trauma. It’s not until one experiences mental illness that you learn the seriousness of depression and other mental health problems, and how you can overcome them. Thank you for your sage comments and advice.

[@debblayney7132]

This discussion is helpful, and I learned so much in a short amount of time. Thank you both.

[@andrewudstraw]

PCE exposure as an infant has been shown to increase the likelihood of bipolar.
I was born at Camp LeJeune in the middle of the toxic time and sure enough, became bipolar.
It has had a devastating impact on my legal career, mostly due to the stigma and biases of other judges and lawyers.

[@carolinamendes6134]

❤

[@ThePrinceOfArt]

Thanks for giving up on me.
I would of had u out regardless if were a.woman

[@sadie159]

What happened?

[@hempenasphalt1587]

There is not actually much science behind this illness.