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Bipolar Disorder; Key Q&A.(Disease/Disorder overview)
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What is bipolar disorder?
Also called manic depressive illness or manic depression, this mental illness is characterized by episodic mood swings that range from overly "high" and/or irritable to sadness and hopelessness, and then back again, with periods of normal mood in between.
Who usually is affected by bipolar disorder?
Men and women are equally likely to develop the condition, usually before age 35. However, research has shown that women are as much as three times as likely as men to develop the rapid cycling form of the condition-with episodes occurring four or ...
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Bipolar Disorder.(Brief Article)
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Bipolar disorder can be treated if diagnosed
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; ...Americans have bipolar disorder, also called manic-depressi...A person with bipolar disorder can go from feeling...can control these mood swings and lead fulfilling...While the rate of bipolar disorder is the same among...of people with bipolar disorder ...
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Intervention assists children with bipolar disorder
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From Top to Bottom; Bipolar disorder troubling, but treatable
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In focus: Bipolar disorder
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BIPOLAR DISORDER IS TREATABLE BUT MISUNDERSTOOD.(News)
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Analysis: Bipolar disorder in children
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...09-24-2003 Analysis: Bipolar disorder in children Host...now agree that bipolar disorder occurs in children...six years old. Bipolar disorder also is know as...depression with the mood swings that cycle from...children, those mood swings can take ...
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More than a mood swing: one girl's experience with childhood bipolar disorder.
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Bipolar Disorder; Key Q&A.
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Bipolar Disorder
; What is bipolar disorder? Also called...characterized by episodic mood swings that range from...for people with bipolar disorder. It levels out mood swings so that patients...2006. Keywords: bipolar disorder, mood swings, lithium, medication...
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