bipolar disorder

bipolaarinen häiriö, kaksisuuntainen mielialahäiriö puhekieltä A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (mania) and clinical depression.
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An open study comparing response to lamotrigine in patients with rapid-cycling versus non-rapid-cycling bipolar disorder also indicated efficacy, with some evidence that rapid-cycling patients with more severe manic symptoms at the start of treatment respod less well (367).

Itswitching is a term frequently used with children with bipolar disorder who may experience switching of mood multiple times throughout the day.

Bipolar disorder is diagnosed if your child experiences a manic or mixed episode or recurring episodes of both mania and depression that cannot be accounted for by other causes.

The rapid mood shifts that people with BPDborderline personality disorder experience often lead to their being misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. It is important to make the distinction between the mood shifts that characterize BPD and those of bipolar disorder.