Bipolar disorder

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Bipolar disorder
TermBipolar disorder
Short definitionan illness in which the patient goes back and forth between opposite extremes; the most notable bipolar disorder is manic-depressive disorder, which is characterized by extreme highs and lows in mood
TypeMedical term
SpecialtyGeneral
LanguageEnglish
SourceAMA
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Bipolar disorder (definition) an illness in which the patient goes back and forth between opposite extremes; the most notable bipolar disorder is manic-depressive disorder, which is characterized by extreme highs and lows in mood

==Bipolar disorder (overview)==