Both Uses of
bipolar disorder
in
This I Believe
- I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was eighteen years old.†
Chpt 39manic-depressive = a mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of major depression and abnormally elevated moodeditor's notes: This is more commonly called bipolar disorder.
- I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was eighteen years old.†
Chpt 39 *bipolar disorder = a mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of major depression and abnormally elevated mood
Definition:
a mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of major depression and abnormally elevated mood (mania)
Bipolar disorder is also referred to as manic-depression, bipolar depression, or manic depressive psychosis.