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Other names for bipolar affective disease include manic-depressive disorder, cyclothymia, manic-depressive illness (MDI), and bipolar disorder.
"Bipolar affective disorder is when a person has a split personality problem. One mintue a person can be happy and content, they next they can snap into a rage."
Manic depression, or manic depressive disorder is nowadays more commonly known as Bipolar disorder or Bipolar affective disorder. It can also be referred to as Hypomania due to public unawareness.
A disorder that affects your brain in any way such as ADD, ADHD, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, and/or Psychosis.
A disorder that affects your brain in any way such as ADD, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and/or Psychosis.
bipolar affective disorder, manic, in full remission
It is the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder. I assume it is to help people with Bi-polar issues.
Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia have some symptoms that are quite similar. The main difference between these two is that schizophrenia's characterized by hallucinations and delusions while bipolar disorder is mainly manic behavior followed by periods of depression. Typically, bipolar behaviors are fairly distinguishable from schizophrenia, but there are some rare cases of schizo-affective disorder which is a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder where there is a mood component accompanied by schizophrenia. In short, bipolar symptoms can be somewhat similar to schizophrenic symptoms, but unless the individual has schizo-affective disorder the symptoms won't be identical enough to confuse the two disorders with one another.
No. There is no cure for Bipolar Affective Disorder. The treatment strategy is lifelong medication compliance on a daily regimen of mood stabilizers usually supplemented by either an anti-depressant or an anti-psychotic, or both.
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No, you are thinking about an affective disorder, such as a seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Hallucinations can be present in psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, etc. ), bipolar disorder, major depression with psychotic features, delirium, or dementia.