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Bipolar Affective Disorder


The phenomenon of Bipolar Affective Disorder has been a mystery since
the 16th and 17th century. The Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was thought to of
suffered from bipolar disorder. It appears that there are an abundance of
people with the disorder yet, no true causes or cures for the disorder. Clearly
the Bipolar disorder severely undermines their ability to obtain and sustain
social and occupational success. However, the journey for the causes and cures
for the Bipolar disorder must continue.

Affective disorders are primarily characterized by depressed mood,
elevated mood or (mania), or alternations of depressed and elevated moods. The
classical term is manic-depressive illness, a newer term is Bipolar disorder.
The two are interchangeable. Milder forms of a depressive syndrome are called
dysthymic disorder, mild forms of mania are hypomania and the milder expressions
of Bipolar disorder are called cyclothymic disorders. The use of the term......

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