According to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), bipolar disorder is a serious disease of the brain that is also known as manic-depressive illness. People who have it often have ...

Around one in every 100 people will be diagnosed with bipolar disorder at some point in their life and the condition is characterised by periods of extreme manic highs and depressive lows.

A major depressive episode may or may not accompany bipolar I, but does accompany bipolar II. People with bipolar I have had at least one manic episode, which may be very severe and require ...

People assigned female at birth living with bipolar disorder tend to experience: milder episodes of mania more depressive episodes than manic episodes rapid cycling, or four or more episodes of ...