bipolar disorder

A mood disorder characterized by manic or hypomanic episodes typically alternating with depressive episodes. Also called manic-depressive disorder.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bipolar disorder

bipolar affective disorder

bipolar syndrome

(Psychiatry) a mental health problem characterized by an alternation between extreme euphoria and deep depression

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bipo′lar disor′der

an affective disorder characterized by periods of mania alternating with depression, usu. interspersed with relatively long intervals of normal mood; manic-depressive illness.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

bipolar disorder - a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis

affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

cyclic disorder, cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder - a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

World Mental Health Day: Why it's time to end the stigma of being bipolar in the Middle East

Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd ed.

Analysis of Misdiagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in An Outpatient Setting

Typology of bipolar manic-depressive illness. Swiss Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry 226: 65-73.

Bipolar language to read Eminescu

Cerys was surprised to find such little work looking at manic-depressive illness. She hoped to start addressing this gap in research with her Masters thesis, which considered representations of manic-depressive illness in the nineteenth century, by examining archival medical cases from hospitals and medical journals concurrently with literary texts.

Drawing on experience; A young artist who lives with bipolar disorder is currently exhibiting her first solo exhibition to help people understand more about the condition. Rachel Mainwaring found out more..

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is another brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

US FDA approves first digital pill with ingestible sensor

* Bipolar Disorder: Manic-depressive illness; a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW: about serious mental illness (SMI)

For the 12 months ended 31 January 2016, theUS market sales for Lithium Carbonate Extended-release Tablets, which is used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness, were approximately USD21m, according to IMS Health data.

ACETO Subsidiary to unveil lithium carbonate extended-release tablets and metronidazole tablets in the US market

New York, NY, July 31, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood and activity levels of an individual.

Bipolar Disorder Market - Global Industry Size, Share Analysis and Forecast to 2020, by Persistence Market Research

Bipolar disorder is also called manic-depressive illness. At the so-called unipolar disorder, you have recurrent periods of depressive symptoms.

Signs of depression

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a condition characterized by extreme changes in mood that range from the lows of depression to the highs of mania.

Another close brush for 'bipolar' Baron

The relationship between art and mental illness has frequently been explored by mental health professionals, most notably in a book by Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., titled "Touched With Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament." Within the world of art, creations by people with mental illness have formed the basis of the visionary art movement.

The visions of Forrest Bess