Bipolar disorders: risk factors

Evidence-based neurology checklist on bipolar disorders: risk factors: Environmental risk factors Unmarried people The disabled The unemployed Urban living Stressful life events Substance misuse: cannabis and opioids Possibly high creativity Potential familial genetic risk factors Possible…

Environmental risk factors

  • Unmarried people
  • The disabled
  • The unemployed
  • Urban living
  • Stressful life events
  • Substance misuse: cannabis and opioids
  • Possibly high creativity

Potential familial genetic risk factors

Possible perinatal risk factors

References

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