Recently, the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) distributed a press release entitled “Largest Study of Its Kind Implicates Gene Abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder.” …
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G.L
10:24 am on
May 6th, 2009Hi, my fiance is a not identicall twin, he think that his sister might have a bipolar disorder because his father and his family were bipolar. My concern is about our children. What’s the chance (percentage) that our children (in case we decide to have) develop this illness?
Hi, GL–
Check out our two-part series on “Bipolar Disorder & Heredity – The Genetic Link,” which provides the information you need to gauge the chance that any children you have might develop this illness.
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