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Bipolar disorder is a type of mood disorder. It’s made up of two parts: mania and depression. Mania is an unreasonably high mood and depression is a very low mood. Many people experience periods of wellness in between episodes of mania and depression. There are a few different types of bipolar disorder: bipolar disorder I, bipolar disorder II, and cyclothymic disorder.
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a type of mood disorder. Bipolar disorder used to be called manic depression. It was called manic depression because people with bipolar disorder go through periods of intense depression and other periods where their mood is extremely high. These "high" periods are known as mania.
Bipolar Disorder: Types
Bipolar disorder is a class of mood disorders that is marked by dramatic changes in mood, energy and behaviour. The key characteristic is that people with bipolar disorder alternate between episodes of mania (extreme elevated mood) and depression (extreme sadness).
Bipolar Disorder: Myths and Facts
Bipolar disorder is a diagnostic category describing a class of mood disorders where a person experiences episodes of mania (elevated mood), and depression (state of sadness) or mixed states (when symptoms of mania and depression occur simultaneously). In between these episodes, a person will be free of symptoms.
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