What is the spectrum of bipolar disorder?
Please find below the spectrum of bipolar disorders as a continuous range.
Severe Mania
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Hypomania
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Normal / Balanced mood
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Mild to moderate depression
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Severe depression
What is mixed bipolar state?
It is a disease state where the symptoms of depression and mania are present together.
- The most common symptoms of mixed bipolar conditions are:
- Suicidal thoughts
- Agitation
- Alterations in appetite
- Difficulty in sleeping
- Psychosis
- Having sad and hopeless mood together with feeling extremely energized
To be diagnosed with a mixed episode, patients must meet the criteria for both a manic episode and a major depressive episode nearly every day for at least 1 week. The symptoms must also be severe enough to impair occupational or social functioning or to require hospitalization, or psychotic features may be present.
Bipolar Disorder Symptoms |
Mania Symptoms |
Depression Symptoms |
Hypomania |
Psychosis |
Spectrum & Mixed Bipolar State |
Suicide & Bipolar Disorder |
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