Ok, so I’m incredibly late on this bipolar overdiagnosis week thing (one week, of course) but a bunch of blogs that I know of have already blogged about it. In fact, there have been so many posts on it that I haven’t been able to read and keep up on them all. All I know is that a recent study came out saying bipolar disorder is overdiagnosed. In the meantime, read blogs that have commentary on the matter (most of the links from Furious Seasons):
Furious Seasons — Study: Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed
Furious Seasons — Making Sense of Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosis
Furious Seasons — Major Researchers Support Bipolar Overdiagnosis Study
Furious Seasons — Mental Health Month Meet Bipolar Overdiagnosis Awareness Week
PsychCentral — Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal and Recovery — Celebrating Bipolar Overawareness Week
Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry: A Closer Look — Bipolar Overawareness Week Starts on Monday
I’ll give many of these posts a read before I say anything about it. But as of right now, I’m sitting here with a contrarian view, believe it or not.
depression introspection 