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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 primary affective......

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