Dr. Chris Palmer

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2,040 appearances 6 recordings 6 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 3 Jul

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Yes, I do know some people who like labels and probably like them too much and want attention from them.

And yes, I do think that we are talking about mental health more and we are diagnosing people who maybe would have been missed 30 years ago.

I do think that's real.

So I'm not saying that those aren't true, but I think the bulk of the statistics, because the stats are staggering.

With bipolar disorder in the United States alone, the rates have doubled in adults, and they're up exponentially in children and adolescents.

And, like, with children and adolescents, just to, I mean, one study found a 4,000% increase in the diagnosis.

That was largely because in the 1960s and 70s, nobody diagnosed children with bipolar disorder.

And now we're kind of, you know, if they're a little fidgety and moody and throw tantrums,

We might label that bipolar, even though it's not really the definition of bipolar at all.

Some people will diagnose that as bipolar and start treating it.

The usual treatments for bipolar disorder are, you know, mood stabilizers and pretty much mood stabilizers and lots of other psychiatric meds.

And the unfortunate reality is far too many people don't respond to those.

There are some who respond beautifully to them, and I'm all for that.

Far too many don't.

Why are they still being given out if they don't work?

I think it's because of that half-truth that they do sometimes work for some people.

And so you'll have people marching in the streets, kind of figuratively at least, saying, this saved my life, don't take this away.

But for anybody who knows anyone with bipolar disorder, the overwhelming majority of people

do not achieve remission and recovery from the treatment.

And we as a field tell them, you just have a chronic disorder.

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