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Depressing World Map
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This map shows territories sized in proportion to the absolute number of people who died from bipolar depressive disorder in one year. The big bordeaux blob in the center represents France.
Bipolar affective disorder (manic-depression) is an illness with periods of unnaturally high mood and other periods of unnaturally low mood (episodes of mania and episodes of depression). Mania is a state of excessively elevated mood and excessive activity, sometimes accompanied with unjustified ideas of self-importance (grandiose delusions). Depression is an episode of very low mood with an overwhelming sense of hopelessness and worthlessness. Manic-depression affects men as much as women.
Fri 09-May-08 | Posted in: Environment & Health, Statistics
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