Do People With Bipolar Die Earlier? - A Look at Three Studies

Last week, in a post on aging, I reported: 

According to a 2011 study in PLOS, males with bipolar can expect to lose 10 years of life compared to the general population, females 11 years.

This prompted a comment from Crystal, who wondered what things people with bipolar die of. This will be the topic of a future post. But first we need to understand what this lost years business is all about. A little background:

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