{"id":2131,"date":"2012-07-10T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T19:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2024-03-01T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:04:13","slug":"reflections-on-bipolar-disorder-and-comorbid-conditions-in-young-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/bipolar-treatment\/reflections-on-bipolar-disorder-and-comorbid-conditions-in-young-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Bipolar Disorder and Comorbid Conditions in Young Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comorbidity is a condition when two syndromes occur simultaneously in the same person.<\/p>\n

The simultaneous treatment of comorbidities in people affected by Bipolar Disorder is \u201cubiquitous,\u201d as mentioned in an article titled, \u201cComorbidity in Bipolar Disorder: The Complexity of Diagnosis and Treatment.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBipolar Disorder is highly prevalent and heterogeneous. Its increasing complexity is often caused by the presence of comorbid conditions (which has) become the rule rather than the exception,\u201d say Doron Sagman and Mauricio Tohen, the MD\u2019s who authored the article which appeared in an issue of Psychiatric Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s estimated that more than two million Americans have Bipolar Disorder<\/a>, a manic-depressive illness, which often starts in an individual during the teen years, but can also emerge later in life.<\/p>\n

Comorbid conditions in Bipolar Disorder are \u201cpressing to the core of (this) mood disturbance,\u201d the authors wrote. Sagman and Tohen list the most common comorbid conditions associated with Bipolar Disorder to, \u201chelp guide the clinician through this diagnostic maze and associated treatment considerations,\u201d including:<\/p>\n