bipolar disorder
noun[CorU]
uk/baɪˈpəʊ.lə dɪˌsɔː.dər/us/baɪˈpoʊ.lɚ dɪˌsɔːr.dɚ/amentalhealthconditionthataffectssomeone'smoods, so that they can sometimesfeelverydepressed(=sadand withouthopeorenergy)and at othertimesveryexcitedandenergetic:
Around one in every 100adultshasbipolardisorderat a giventime.
Atage13 she wasdiagnosedwithbipolardisorder.
- Heclaimshe wasfiredbecause hesuffersfrombipolardisorder.
- Thedrugis used totreatschizophreniaandbipolardisorder.
- People withbipolar1 - one of themaintypesofbipolardisorder-undergomanicepisodesin which theyhatchgrandioseplansorbecomedelusional.
- Currently indevelopmentare newtreatmentsforstrokesandbipolardisorders.
- Prisonofficialshave said about 40percentofinmateshave had adiagnosisofmentalillness,mostlyinvolvingconditionssuch asdepressionandbipolardisorders.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- psychosis
- self-alienation
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome