Bipolar disorder is claimed to be the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. This is a condition that has been described as being manic-depressive but is actually a lot more complicated than that.
It is a disorder in which the sufferer switches between episodes of depression and mania in varying degrees of intensity.
It affects feelings, behavior, perceptions, and thoughts and is more common in people whose families have a history of some kind of mental illness, so in fact, it is hereditary. Continue reading “Getting a Bearing on Bipolar Disorder”