A mental ailment known as Bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic-depressive illness or manic depression) results in unusual swings in mood, energy, activity level, focus, and the capacity to perform daily chores. Bipolar disorder comes in three forms.
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Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric and mood disorder. Suffers of this disorder experience differing extreme moods. They switch between episodes of mania and depression.
Depends which psychiatric illness...
Yes he does, he has been sent to the psychiatric ward for it.
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There is no such thing as "manic defence". Perhaps you meant "manic depression", also called "manic depressive illness", these are considered obsolete terms for what is now called bipolar disorder.The answer is, its considered both.
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Because bulimia results from an excessive concern with weight control and self-image, and is often accompanied by depression, it is also considered a psychiatric illness.
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You got this off of a Katy Perry song, didn't you? "Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression or bipolar affective disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated mood, clinically referred to as mania, or if mild, hypomania." {please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder for more information} Please note: Love Bipolar is not actually a clinically diagnosed illness, merely a 'play on words'.
Psychiatric hospitals or mental/psych wards are used for treating patients with serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar, and clinical depression.