Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is perhaps one of the most tragic mood disorders, because it virtually taunts with the affected person’s mind. Bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depressive disorder) is a mental condition in which the person alternates between feelings of mania and depression (Kalat, 614). These feelings are extreme opposites, and thus create tremendous mental and physical stress on the person affected. This unfortunate disorder affects one to two percent of the adult population. Before bipolar …

…is genetic. Unfortunately, though, doctors have not yet found any other causes. Psychotherapists often do psychoanalyses of bipolar patients, to find if anything that occurred earlier in their lives led to the disorder, but no concrete evidence has yet been found. Bibliography Bibliography Fagan, James W. Introduction to Psychology. California: Wadsworth, 1999. Long, Phillip W. Bipolar Disorder. Home page. Oct. 1994. http://www.mentalhealth.com What is Bipolar Disorder? Home page. www.bipolar.com/whatisBPD/intro.htm