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Post by misty on Jun 12, 2006 9:18:21 GMT -5
(May 31, 2006) -- A U.S. study shows youths with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions as hostile and show heightened neural reactions when focusing on neutral faces. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Mental Health say their study provides some of the first clues to the underlying workings of the episodes of mania and depression that disrupt friendships, school, and family life in up to 1 percent of children. Read the rest here: www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Bipolar/news_2006/children_08.asp
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Post by Charlie Girl on Jun 13, 2006 0:47:11 GMT -5
It sounds like it feeds on itself. The fear causes misreading of social cues such as facial expressions, and that causes more flare ups of in the amygdala, which results in more fear and more flare ups with agression and hostility.
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