Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk Of Violent Crime The Behavioral Medicine Report

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Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk Of Violent Crime The Behavioral Medicine Report

A new study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder " or manic-depressive disorder " does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with bipolar disorder in violent crime statistics is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse.

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Tags: Behavior, Substance Abuse, Bipolar Disorder, Disease and Condition, Violence, Medical, Medicine