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Bipolar Disorder The modern definition of Bipolar Mood Disorder is a disturbance of one’s mood characterized by irregular periods of depression and mania. The switches from depression and mania are called mood swings. Mood swings can be extreme or mild. The extreme instances are accompanied by changes in thinking and behavior. Every case of bipolar varies from patient to patient. If no treatment takes place the severity and frequency of bipolar can increase over a period of time. Bipolar is non-contagious. You cannot “catch” bipolar from anyone that has bipolar. Bipolar refers to the “two poles” of the continuum of moods with feeling down or depression at one end and mania or feeling high at the other end. Bipolar was first recognized by Theophile Bonet in 1686 when he coined the term “manico-melancolicus” to represent the connection between mania and melancholia. In the 1830’s Falret and Baillarger became the fist to isolate and identify the characteristics of a disease Falret called “circular insanity.” Most credit goes to Emil Kraepelin for his painstakingly accurate and vivid descriptions of manic-depressive illness.
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