Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder, previously kent as manic depression, is a mental disorder that causes periods o depression an periods o elevatit muid.^[3][4]

Bipolar disorder
Synonyms	Bipolar affective disorder, bipolar illness, manic depression, manic depressive disorder, manic-depressive illness,[1] manic-depressive psychosis, circular insanity,[1] bipolar disease[2]
Bipolar disorder is chairacterised bi episodes o depression an mania.
Specialty	Psychiatry
Symptoms	Periods o depression an elevatit muid[3][4]
Complications	Suicide, sel-hairm[3]
Uisual onset	25 year auld[3]
Teeps	Bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, ithers[4]
Causes	Environmental an genetic[3]
Risk factors	Faimily history, childhood abuse, lang-term stress[3]
Seemilar condeetions	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, personality disorders, schizophrenia, substance uise disorder[3]
Treatment	Psychotherapy, medications[3]
Medication	Lithium, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants[3]
Frequency	1-3%[3][5]