A Guide To Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder or manic depression is a psychological illness which manifests as having extreme changes in mood, behavior and thought. A person s mood can change from mania to depression in a short period of time. These mood swings from highs to lows can last for hours, days, weeks, or months. A person with this mood disorder has a unique pattern of mood fluctuations specific to him but once his pattern is analyzed, it can be quite foreseeable.
Bipolar disorder usually starts in late adolescence or early adulthood but it can also start in early childhood or late adulthood. Recent studies show a genetic factor to this illness. It affects men and women equally although their initial manifestations of
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Bipolar disorder is associated with four general types of mood episodes. A manic episode is characterized by a persistently elevated mood for at least one week. A hypomanic episode is a milder type of mania which last for four days or more. A major depressive episode is characterized by a loss of interest or pleasure lasting for two
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Bipolar I disorder is a syndrome where a complete set of mania symptoms (e.g. at least one week of elevated mood, grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, more talkativeness, flight of ideas, distractibility, psychomotor agitation and/or excessive involvement in pleasurable activities where the mood disturbance is severe enough to impair occupational functioning or social activities) not caused by antidepressant medications occurs during the course of the disorder. Bipolar I disorder can be further subdivided into Bipolar I, Single Manic Episode and Bipolar I, Recurrent.
Bipolar II disorder is characterized by occurrence of depressive episodes with at
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