In our surroundings, we observe people with different energy levels. Some are energetic and excited and some are low and dull. All of these depend upon a people’s personality and their circumstances. However, there is a disease termed Bipolar Disorder, which involves recurring shifting of moods and behaviors that are more intense than regular mood swings. At times a person
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More than 220 million people live in Pakistan. About 500 of those people, however, are psychiatrists. The numbers are even more striking when considering Pakistan’s rural areas, where there is only about one psychiatrist for every one million people. Stigma and other societal constraints also contribute toward Pakistanis not getting the mental health care they need, resulting in an almost
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