BIPOLARDISORDER

Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder, also known as bipolar affective disorder, manic-depressive disorder, or manic depression, is a mental illness classified by psychiatry as a mood disorder. Individuals with bipolar disorder experience episodes of an elevated or agitated mood known as mania alternating with episodes of depression.

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bipolar disorder

Noun

  1. A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (manic) and clinical depression.


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