MedPage Today (5/22, George) reports researchers found in a longitudinal study that “people with bipolar disorder had a higher risk of Parkinson’s disease than people without the disorder.” The findings were of the 56,340-adult study were published online May 22 in Neurology. The authors of an accompanying editorialobserved that the study’s results should be interpreted with the understanding that it’s difficult to determine when Parkinson’s disease starts, and as such it’s possible that “bipolar disorder or mood dysregulation approximating bipolar disorder may more appropriately be viewed as an early symptom of Parkinson’s disease.”
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— “Parkinson’s Tied to Bipolar Disorder, “Judy George, MedPage Today, May 22, 2019