<p>A link to a professional’s view of mental illness and suicide and a Caltech professor’s brave talk about her own bipolar disorder and the link between scientific giftedness and mood disorders. The mental illnesses that lead to suicide know no racial, class, or cultural boundaries. Stress in the environment can worsen or bring on latent mental illness, but there must be a genetic vulnerability present:
[Mental</a> Health Forum for the Caltech Community](<a href=“http://win-dms-ms1.caltech.edu/five/Viewer/Default.aspx?peid=f88652a3673f4a9d922714151552b44e]Mental”>http://win-dms-ms1.caltech.edu/five/Viewer/Default.aspx?peid=f88652a3673f4a9d922714151552b44e)</p>