Bipolar Disorder - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder (formerly called manic-depressive illness or manic depression) is a mental illness that causes clear shifts in a person’s mood, energy, activity …
Bipolar disorder - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Aug 14, 2024 · Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings. These include emotional highs, also known as mania or …
Bipolar disorder - Wikipedia
Bipolar disorder is characterized by episodes of mania or hypomania and depression.
What Are Bipolar Disorders? - Psychiatry.org
Bipolar disorders are mental health conditions characterized by periodic, intense emotional states affecting a person's mood, energy, and ability to function. These periods, lasting from days to …
Bipolar Disorder: Types, Symptoms, Treatment - Healthline
Jun 13, 2025 · Bipolar disorder, formerly manic depression, causes extreme mood shifts ranging from mania to depression. Learn symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and more.
What is Bipolar Disorder? | SAMHSA
Apr 24, 2023 · Bipolar disorder affects millions of adults in the U.S. Most people are diagnosed with bipolar disorder in their teens or twenties, however, it can occur at any age and although …
Bipolar Disorder - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder. People with bipolar disorder switch between periods of mania and periods of depression. There is no cure, but medicine and therapy can help manage …
Bipolar disorder: Symptoms, causes, types, and treatment
Jul 16, 2025 · Bipolar disorder causes shifts in mood and energy levels. Getting the right diagnosis, treatment, and support can help manage it.
Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression): Symptoms & Treatment
Apr 12, 2022 · Bipolar disorder is a chronic mood disorder that causes intense shifts in mood, energy levels and behavior. Manic episodes are the main sign of the condition.
Bipolar disorder - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 8, 2025 · Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects a person’s mood, energy, activity and thought and is characterized by manic (or hypomanic) and depressive episodes.