Bipolar disorder - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings These include emotional highs, also known as mania or hypomania, and lows, also known as depression
Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depressive Illness or Manic Depression . . . What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder, which used to be called manic depressive illness or manic depression, is a mental health disorder often characterized by wide mood swings from high (manic) to low (depressed)
Bipolar Disorder - NAMI Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly People with bipolar experience high and low moods—known as mania and depression—which differ from the typical ups-and-downs most people experience
Bipolar Disorder - Johns Hopkins Medicine Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder People with bipolar disorder switch between periods of mania and periods of depression There is no cure, but medicine and therapy can help manage symptoms
Bipolar disorder - World Health Organization (WHO) Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects a person’s mood, energy, activity and thought and is characterized by manic (or hypomanic) and depressive episodes