Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Rates of bipolar disorder have doubled in US adults and risen exponentially in children and adolescents, pointing to real increases in prevalence beyond just better diagnosis.
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At 51:00 · chapter starts 50:08
Jay Shetty asks Palmer to address bipolar disorder specifically, and Palmer maps out the debate with unusual intellectual honesty. Three explanations are in play: improved recognition and reduced stigma is leading to diagnoses that would have been missed 30 years ago (a good thing); some people over-identify with labels or seek stimulant access (a real but minor phenomenon); and rates are genuinely rising because something environmental is changing. [1] — Dr. Chris Palmer "Bipolar disorder rates doubled in US adults: Rates of bipolar disorder have doubled in US adults and risen exponentially in children and ad…" 51:00 Palmer firmly aligns with the third view, citing statistics that bipolar rates have doubled in US adults and risen exponentially in children — one study found a 4,000% increase in child diagnoses, though he attributes much of that to the prior absence of the diagnosis in paediatric settings. The deeper problem: the overwhelming majority of bipolar patients do not achieve remission on mood stabilisers, and psychiatry's default message is 'you have this for life.' That message, Palmer says, is increasingly wrong.
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