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Level 3 Psychology Abnormal Psychology Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder is the medical name for manic depression, and means an illness with 'directly opposite' states of mind. Sufferers of Bipolar illness have mood swings, sometimes feeling 'high' or manic, and at other times feeling 'low' or depressed. Although the 'highs' can occasionally be enjoyable, these extreme emotions are often distressing and can be very disruptive to people's lives. Few Disorders in history have been described with such consistency as Bipolar Disorder has been. Symptoms that characterise the illness can be found in medical literature throughout the centuries from the ancient Greeks to present day. A sufferer of Bipolar will experience mood swings of two extremes, mania and depression, the extent to which these moods will affect the sufferer is determined by the severity of the illness. The distinction between Bipolar Disorder and Unipolar Disorder sufferers is the absence of mania in an individual who suffers...

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