The Benefits of Treatment for Bipolar Disorder

Untreated psychiatric illness worsens physical health, causing inflammation and disrupting the endocrine, GI, cardiac, and immune systems. The net toll is about a 10-year reduction in lifespan, according to several studies of chronic mental illnesses. lithium, lomotrigine and quittiopein, saraquil were associated with the longest increase in life expectancy in bipolar disorder.