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January 19[edit]

Bipolarity and Schizophrenia[edit]

I am not sure where to ask this, so I am putting it on this desk. Is there a link between bipolarity and schizophrenia? I have read the articles on bipolar and cyclothymia (with which I was recently diagnosed). I did a Google Search on it just now, and found a book claiming there was a link, but unfortunately it was under a paywall. Does anybody have any references I could look into? $KägeTorä - (影虎) (もしもし！)$ 02:12, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

From paragraph 2 of Schizophrenia#Genetic: There appears to be overlap in the genetics of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.[44] Citation 44 links to a fully accessible article on this. Loraof (talk) 14:58, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Is there another name for "spit bag".[edit]

If not, is there a good reference to a page where "spit bag" is used? I'd rather not use cagepotato.com as a reference... As I understand, a spit bag is a bag pulled over someone's (intern) head to prevent them from spitting at someone else (guard). --Bensin (talk) 20:43, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(I think you mean internee, not intern). A muzzle (device) serves that purpose and also prevents biting (our article seems to be only about animal muzzles). StuRat (talk) 00:00, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@StuRat: You obviously haven't met the interns where I work. Just kidding. You are of course right. :-) Thanks! --Bensin (talk) 21:08, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This article from the Daily Telegraph uses the terms "spit hood" and "anti-spitting hood", and this FOI request from Leicestershire Police uses the terms "spit masks" and "spit bags". There's a link from the latter page to a Daily Mail article which uses "spit hood". Tevildo (talk) 09:30, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Tevildo: Thank you! --Bensin (talk) 21:08, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]