Bipolar Disorder
What is it ?
Incidence ~ how many people dos it affect?
can affect everyone around you
dosent affect a certain age
any race can get it
bipolar disorder
- By Hannah Becker
- p.3
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cause
some people are born with it others an develop it if somethinf major happen in there life
Description & overview of bipolar disorder
- oldest know illness
- first noticed as far back as the 2 century
- Aretaeus of cappadocia first recognize some symptoms of mania and depression and felt they could be linked to each oher.
- Francois Baillarger belived there was a major distinction between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. He charactized the depressive phase of the disease.
how many people are living with bipolar ?
~ Biploar disorder is not as uncommon as you think. Millions of american adults are affected by it.
Other forms ..
Bipolar depression