Study: Doctors Over-Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder

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Study: Doctors Over-Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder

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A new study suggests that many people are being diagnosed as bipolar even though they do not meet the criteria for the disorder. Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital found that about half of 700 patients who'd been diagnosed as bipolar should not have been.

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