Typically, patients are misdiagnosed with unipolar depression because patients with bipolar disorder actually spend most of their year in a depressive episode. So, when they present their primary ...
And many patients who wind up with the label of bipolar disorder are initially misdiagnosed with unipolar depression. Misdiagnosed patients like Ola often look back on years of worsening symptoms ...
Simon Kitchen, Bipolar UK CEO, says that despite bipolar being a protected characteristic, there is still an alarming degree of discrimination and stigma, and a lack of understanding in the workplace.