Disability Law

D.C. Circuit Addresses Scientific Questions About Bipolar Disorder
Fitts v. Unum Life Insurance, 07-7097 (D.C. Cir., March 28, 2008) Like insurance coverage disputes, employee benefits cases are usually too dull for words. But this employee benefits case highlights an interesting scientific question: is bipolar disorder a physical or mental illness? Jane Fitts was a lawyer for Fannie Mae until her bipolar disorder made it impossible [...

Bipolar Disorder And Social Security Disability Benefits
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder which results in extreme emotional changes and mood swings. Most people with Bipolar disorder alternate between extreme ?Highs? (in which their mind races and they sometimes engage in bizarre and irrational behavior) to deep Lows? (in which they have suicidal thoughts and unhappiness)...

A Common Fact Pattern
I’ve represented several young men with these three characteristics: Bipolar disorder; High IQ; and Homosexuality. The client is usually between 21 and 30 years old. I’ve been told that bipolar disorder appears in males when they are in their 20s...

Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed
In a bit of a surprise, Eurekalert reports on a recent study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers that bipolar disorder may be overdiagnosed by quite a lot (close to 50%)...

Bipolar Disorder and IEP's by Amanda Windom
Bipolar disorder diagnosis in youth (under 20 years of age) drastically increased in less than ten years. A comprehensive study published by Archives of General Psychiatry found that in 1994-1995 twenty-five per 100,000 office based visits for youth resulted in...

Bipolar Disorder Linked To Older Fathers
A recent study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, tells us that not only is the mother an important factor in having a healthy baby, but so is the father. Scientists involved in a Swedish study have found that men over 55 have a 37% chance of having a child who will develop Bipolar Disorder, also known as manic-depressive syndrome, as compared to men who father a child in their 20s...

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