Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a psychiatric disease that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to conduct daily life activities. The condition was estimated in 2014 to affect 2.2 percent of the population or approximately 5.3 million adults in the United States aged 18 or older. An estimated 51% of individuals with this condition are untreated in any given year.

It has been reported that the majority of criminal cases involve substance abuse, financial pressures or relationship troubles. Many involve more than one of these issues. More and more lately, people seem to be effected by significant mental health issues. Sometimes it can be easy to tell when a client has a problem and it is often very hard to deal with it. Sometimes however, it’s not so easy to tell.

Most judges don’t want to put mentally ill people in jail. Judges and even prosecutors want to get people the help they need in the best way possible in order to protect society. When meeting with clients, an attorney should always ask if they have any history of mental illness. The client should always be honest about this. Sometimes, an attorney is able to work out a settlement which would require the client to continue treatment with his normal psychiatrist, take his prescribed medication and no other punishment.

Regrettably, the clients are not always honest with attorneys or with themselves. Clients deny mental health problems.

Alexander Truluck focuses his practice as a criminal defense attorney in Clearwater, Palm Harbor, Largo, Dunedin and the Tampa Bay area.

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