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Bipolar disorder - Medical Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | As categorized by the DSM-IV, bipolar disorder is a form of mood disorder characterised by a variation of mood between a phase of manic or hypomanic elation, hyperactivity and hyper imagination, and a depressive phase of inhibition, slowness to conceive ideas and move, and anxiety or sadness. |
 | | The cycles of bipolar disorder may be long or short, and the ups and downs may be of different magnitudes: for instance, a person suffering from bipolar disorder may suffer a protracted mild depression followed by a shorter and intense mania. |
 | | Bipolar disorder appears to run in families, that is, a vulnerablility for bipolar disorder may be inherited. |
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