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bipolar affective disorder
Bipolar affective disorder or manic depression
Bipolar affective disorder or manic depression The term bipolar affective disorder is used for people who experience depressive, manic or mixed episodes (characteristics of depression and mania together) at different times. People usually recover and have a period of stability between episodes. Depressive episodes are far more common and tend to last longer. Manic episodes […]
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Typical Bipolar affective disorder
Recognition of a typical Bipolar affective disorder is fairly straightforward . The patient, who may have no previous history of mood disorder, presents with a signifi cant change in mood, activity and thought, which, although it might have been triggered by an identifiable life event, is clearly excessive and disproportionate. Changes may occur abruptly or […]
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Bipolar affective disorder diagnosis
Recognition of a typical Bipolar affective disorder is fairly straightforward . The patient, who may have no previous history of mood disorder, presents with a signifi cant change in mood, activity and thought, which, although it might have been triggered by an identifiable life event, is clearly excessive and disproportionate. Changes may occur abruptly or […]
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