Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can ...

Bipolar disorder is often treated with mood ... can be traced back to French psychiatrists in the 1850s. The term "manic-depressive illness" or psychosis was coined by German psychiatrist Emil ...

A psychiatrist, Dr Yennusom Maalug, has cautioned that, untreated bipolar or mood disorders could lead to serious mental and ...

Moods in bipolar disorder vary between mania, hypomania, and depression. Mania is a state of elevated mood with a tendency to feel invincible and energetic and act impulsively. Hypomania is a ...

[1] These subtypes of bipolar disorders cover a spectrum of severities, frequencies, and durations of manic and depressive symptoms. The differential diagnosis among these and with regard to other ...

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Bipolar disorder is a serious mental health condition affecting 2.8 percent of adults in the United States. It involves episodes of mania (extreme highs) and depression (intense lows). This ...