Bipolar depression: metabolic disturbance

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Metabolic Psychiatry

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Metabolism and diet are linked to root of bipolar depression, say researchers

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More than a million people in the UK have bipolar depression, of whom a third are likely to attempt suicide.

A major new approach to the illness has recently been adopted by psychiatrists to uncover its causes.

Rather than viewing bipolar depression as a mood disorder, it should be seen as a metabolic disturbance that can be tackled through diets and other interventions.

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