Bipolar disorder appears to increase the risk of early death from medical illnesses, according to a literature review study published as the lead article this week in the journal Psychiatric Services. The researchers comprehensively reviewed 17 studies involving more than 331,000 patients. Evidence suggested that people with bipolar disorder have a higher mortality from natural causes compared to people in the general population of similar age and gender but without mental illness. The various studies indicated that the risk was from 35 percent to 200 percent higher.
LPC is a non-clinical counseling license, but is permitted to engage in private/independent practice. LCPC is a clinical counseling license that is permitted to engage in private/independent practice.
Legg-CalvÃ©-Perthes (LCPD) disease is a childhood hip disorder that results in infarction of the bony epiphysis of the femoral head. LCPD represents idiopathic avascular necrosis of the femoral head. The disease is bilateral in 10-20% of patients and usually affects children aged 4-8 years. When both hips are involved, they are usually affected successively, not simultaneously. A family history is present in 6% of patients.