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Bipolar disorder


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  • Variants

    • Affective psychoses, Bipolar
    • Bipolar depression
    • Bipolar mood disorder
    • Depression, Bipolar
    • Depression, Manic
    • Manic depression
    • Manic-depressive illness
    • Manic-depressive psychoses
    • Manic-depressive psychosis
    • Melancholia
    • Psychoses, Manic-depressive
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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Manic-depressive illness
    • Manic-depressive psychoses
    • Melancholia
  • Sources

    • found: Random House(manic-depressive illness, see bipolar disorder. Also called manic-depression)
    • found: Am. heritage dict.(manic-depressive illness. Also called bipolar disorder)
    • found: Thes. psych. index terms(Manic depression UF Bipolar depression; Manic depressive psychosis)
    • found: Readers' Guide(Manic depression see Depression, Mental)
    • found: Americana(manic-depressive illness)
    • found: Acad. Am. encyc.:v. 2, p. 277 (Bipolar disorder, once known as manic-depressive psychosis)
    • found: New Britannica, 1995:index (Manic-depressive psychosis or bipolar disorder)
    • found: Mayo Clinic family health book, 1990:p. 1039 (manic-depressive illness)
    • found: MESH(Bipolar disorder x Depression, Bipolar; Manic-Depressive psychosis)
    • found: Kaplan, H. Comp. gloss. psychiatry and psychology(manic-depressive illness-replaced by bipolar disorder in DSM III R)
    • found: MeSH browser, May 31, 2022(Bipolar Disorder. UF Affective Psychosis, Bipolar; Bipolar Mood Disorder; Depression, Bipolar; Manic Depression; Manic Disorder; Manic-Depressive Psychosis; Psychoses, Manic-Depressive; Psychosis, Manic-Depressive. SN A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence. In MeSH Tree Structures under Bipolar and Related Disorders, which is under Mental Disorders)
    • found: WebMD, May 31, 2022:Bipolar Disorder (Bipolar disorder was formerly called manic depression. It is a form of major affective disorder, or mood disorder, defined by manic or hypomanic episodes (changes from one's normal mood accompanied by high energy states); patients with bipolar disorder)
    • found: National Institute of Mental Health website, May 31, 2022(Bipolar disorder (formerly called manic-depressive illness or manic depression) is a mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks; people with bipolar disorder)
  • LC Classification

    • RC516
  • History Notes

    • [Heading changed from Manic-depressive illness to Bipolar disorder in November 2022.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 1986-02-11: new
    • 2022-11-14: revised
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