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Bipolar disorder is characterized by periods of excitability (mania) alternating with periods of depression . The "mood swings" between mania and depression can be very abrupt.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 15, 2006
Bipolar, or manic-depressive, disorder is a mood disorder that causes radical emotional changes and mood swings, from manic highs to depressive lows. The majority of bipolar individuals experience alternating episodes of mania (an elevated or euphoric mood or irritable state) and depression.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Bipolar, or manic-depressive disorder, is a mood disorder that causes radical emotional changes and mood swings, from manic highs to depressive lows. The majority of bipolar individuals experience alternating episodes of mania and depression .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Bipolar, or manic-depressive disorder, is a mood disorder that causes radical emotional changes and mood swings, from manic highs to depressive lows. The majority of bipolar individuals experience alternating episodes of mania and depression.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Treating Bipolar DisorderBipolar disorder results in extreme mood swings that can greatly disrupt your life. These symptoms may cause you distress.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Bipolar disorder is characterized by mood swings, which are unpredictable and range from mania (elevated and irritable mood) to depression (a mood characterized by loss of interest and sadness). The disorder causes significant difficulties or impairment in social, occupational, and general functioning capabilities.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Bipolar disorder is characterized by severe and unusual changes in energy level, mood, and interactions with others. The mood swings associated with bipolar disorder are unpredictable, and range from mania (elevated or irritable mood) to depression (a mood characterized by loss of interest and sadness).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Bipolar, or manic-depressive disorder, is a mood disorder that causes radical emotional changes and mood swings, from manic highs to depressive lows. The majority of bipolar individuals experience alternating episodes of mania and depression.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Bipolar, or manic-depressive disorder, is a mood disorder that causes radical emotional changes and mood swings, from manic highs to depressive lows. The majority of bipolar individuals experience alternating episodes of mania and depression.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Bipolar disorders is the name given to a group of mental disorders characterized by extreme fluctuations in mood. People diagnosed with bipolar disorders experience moods ranging from deepest depression to mania, often with periods of less extreme moods, or even emotional stability, in between.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
A mixed episode is a discrete period during which a person experiences nearly daily fluctuations in mood that qualify for diagnoses of manic episode and major depressive episode. Over the course of at least one week, the mood of a person experiencing a mixed episode will rapidly change between abnormal happiness or euphoria and sadness or irritability.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
A condition (also called manic depression) characterized by extreme mood swings that alternate between depression and mania (a state of exaggerated elation and euphoria). According to the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), bipolar disorder affects an estimated 2 million Americans (roughly 1% of the population).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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