Bipolar disorder symptoms

Bipolar disorder symptoms (manic-depressive illness) mental state, reflected affective state-manic (hypomania) and depressive as well as mixed states in which the patient symptoms of depression and mania at the same time (for example, strung with melancholy, anxiety, or euphoria with braked - the so-called unproductive mania), a rapidly changing symptoms (hypo) mania and (sub) depression.

For the first time as an independent mental disorder affective bipolar disorder was described in 1854 almost simultaneously by two french researchers J. P. Falret (called «circular psychosis») and J. G. Baillarger (called «insanity in two forms»).

However, it is E. Krepelin identified manic-depressive psychosis as a separate unit in 1986. Krepelin introduced for this disorder name manic-depressive psychosis, which is a long time, it was generally accepted, but are now considered outdated and scientifically incorrect, as this disorder is not always accompanied by psychosis, and not always with him, there are two types of phases (and mania, and depression). Moreover, the term «manic-depressive psychosis» is offensive and stigmatizations patients. Currently, for the mental disorder made more scientific and politically correct name «affective bipolar disorder», abbreviated as BAR. So far in psychiatry different countries and different schools in one state has no uniform definition and understanding of the borders of the disorder.

Etiology Bipolar disorder symptoms

Etiology affective bipolar disorder so far not clear. Basic theories that try to explain the development of the disease, two parts: the hereditary and autointoxication (breach of endocrine balance, disruption of water-electrolyte exchange).

The clinical picture Bipolar disorder symptoms

From the first affektive bipolar disorder accounts for more at a young age - 20-30 years. The number of phases, each of the patient, unpredictable - disorder may limit one phase (mania, and depression hypomania ) for a lifetime, can occur only manic, only hypomania or depressved phases or a change of right or wrong interleaving.