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Bipolar disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis or a mood disorder that is defined in the DSM-IV-TR. It is a disorder, characterized by periods of extreme, often inappropriate, and sometimes, unpredictable mood states. In the past this disorder was called manic-depression. The term "manic-depress...
Bipolar disorders, which in the ICD-10 is classified asbipolar disorder, or manic-depressiveillness (MDI), is a common, severe, and persistentmental illness. This condition is a serious lifelong struggle and challenge. In the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorde...
BD-II, or cyclothymic disorder due to insufficient duration or severity, ie, 1) short-duration hypomanic episodes and major depressive disorder, 2) hypomanic episodes with insufficient symptoms and major depressive episode, 3) hypomanic episode without a prior major depressive episode...
Bipolar disorder has the highest rate of suicide of all psychiatric conditions and is approximately 20–30 times that of the general population. The purpose of this review is to discuss findings relevant to bipolar disorder and suicide. Recent Findings Risk factors include male gender, living alone...
The extent to which there has been a recent national increase in the outpatient diagnosis of childhood bipolar disorder and the pattern of its pharmacological treatment remain unknown. There is evidence to suggest that bipolar disorder in young people may sometimes be misdiagnosed. In 1 recent ...
19 We screened BPI disorder from multiple sources. However, the LTP may still be conservative. There were probably previously undiagnosed subjects who denied having had manic symptoms in the CIDI.19 Previous manic episodes among subjects with a major depressive episode may also be underdiagnosed in ...
There are two primary types of bipolar disorder—bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder. Patients with bipolar I disorder have had at least one full manic episode with periods of major depression. Patients with bipolar II disorder seldom experience full-blown mania. Instead, they experience per...
In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in reports upon social-cognition impairments in bipolar disorder. This study aimed to compare the characteristics of social cognition domains in bipolar I (BD I) and II (BD II) based on the findings to dat
This chapter records the historical significance of the disorder, mania, which dates back to antiquity. It shows the development of the concept of bipolarity and the more recent broadening of the concept. It starts with the Diagnostic and Statistical Man