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Abstract
A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence.
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- Affective Psychosis, Bipolar
- Bipolar Mood Disorder
- Manic Depression
- Manic-Depressive Psychosis
- Psychoses, Manic-Depressive
- Psychosis, Manic-Depressive
- Bipolar Affective Psychosis
- Bipolar Disorders
- Bipolar Mood Disorders
- Depression, Manic
- Depressions, Manic
- Disorder, Bipolar
- Disorder, Bipolar Mood
- Manic Depressive Psychosis
- Mood Disorder, Bipolar
- Psychoses, Bipolar Affective
- Psychoses, Manic Depressive
- Psychosis, Bipolar Affective
- Psychosis, Manic Depressive
- Bipolar Disorder Type 1
- Bipolar Disorder Type 2
- Depression, Bipolar
- Manic Disorder
- Type 1 Bipolar Disorder
- Type 2 Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Depression
- Disorder, Manic
- Manic Disorders
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WM 171.7
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Bipolar Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001714. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001714
- Bipolar Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder
- Bipolar Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131755