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 Hypomania is less extreme than mania
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 An estimated 1 in 200 (or 37 million) people live with bipolar disorder worldwide
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)