Forum focuses on bipolar disorder From: Michigan Chronicle | Date: December 7, 2004| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Keating, Patrick
Michigan Chronicle
12-07-2004
Lizzie Simon, author of "Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D," was the
featured speaker at a recent forum entitled "Detour to Wellness," a
national campaign designed to educate people about bipolar disorder and to
provide support and inspiration to those with the disorder, and their
families.

Bipolar disorder, sometimes known as manic depression, is a condition in
which individuals can experience periods of mania and of severe depression,
although the two extremes do not always immediately follow each other.
Simon, 28, was diagnosed at age 17, and wrote ...

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