Bipolar Quote by Maia Szalavitz

There is almost no evidence that diagnoses such as 'schizophrenia' and 'bipolar disorder' correspond to discrete entities ('natural kinds' in the language of philosophy).

— Richard Bentall

The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences…

— James D. Watson

“Dr. Najjar, for one, is taking the link between autoimmune diseases and mental illnesses one step further: through his cutting-edge research, he posits that…

— Susannah Cahalan

“Although it is important to be able to recognise and disclose symptom of physical illnesses or injury, you need to be more careful about…

— Alison Miller

You'll never fully understand depression, eating disorders, or the need to self inflict, until you go through it.

— Anonymous

The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and…

— Andy Behrman

“Finally, some of the genes identified in certain variants of schizophrenia or bipolar disease actually augment certain abilities. If the most pathological variant of…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Bipolar illness, manic depression, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis. That’s a nice way of saying you will feel so high that no street drug can…

— Christine F. Anderson

“Worse, Roger erupted into outbursts of uncontrollable rage, without apparent cause. In time I learned that this was one symptom of what therapists formerly…

— Roger Kahn

“Joshua had always been able to get away with things—things for which he should never have been forgiven. He was a lot like James…

— Hazel Butler

“James had taken his own life, but the need to do so was not something easily explained. He had the life he wanted: money,…

— Hazel Butler

When I harnessed its seemingly uncontrollable might, I realized bipolar disorder's powers could be used for good. My diagnosis didn't have to be an…

— AJ Lee

I was hoping that I could say stuff about mental illness that maybe people didn't know. You know, speak up for bipolar disorder and…

— Eric Millegan

“Creativity is closely associated with bipolar disorder. This condition is unique . Many famous historical figures and artists have had this. Yet they have…

— Preeti Shenoy

Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with…

— Jon Ronson