bipolar disorder
mental illness characterized by mood changes
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Summary
bipolar disorder is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42,923 views/month, #8 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: mood disorder[3], mental disorder[4]
- Commons category: Bipolar disorder[5]
- Said to be the same as: mood swing[6]
- Has part(s): bipolar I disorder[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: P73[8]
- Afflicts: Homo sapiens[9]
- Symptoms and signs: mood swing[10], anhedonia[11], insomnia[12], hypersomnia[13], delusion[14], aphasia[15], hallucination[16], hypersexuality[17], mania[18], hypomania[19], depression[20], fatigue[21], psychomotor agitation[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bipolar disorder[23]
- Possible treatment: psychotherapy[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[28]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://psychology.stackexchange.com/tags/bipolar-disorder[29]
- ICD-9-CM: 296.40[30], 296.60[31], 296.80[32]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34423[33]
- Different from: bipolarity[34], borderline personality disorder[35]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[36], clinical psychology[37]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: topiramate[38], olanzapine[39], gabapentin[40], lithium[41], risperidone[42], quetiapine[43], valproic acid[44], lamotrigine[45], clozapine[46], tiagabine[47], clonazepam[48], carbamazepin[49], transclopenthixol[50]
- Genetic association: CACNA1C[51], ANK3[52], ADCY2[53]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for bipolar disorder include El Chigüire Bipolar[54], a website[55], in Venezuela[56], founded in 2008[57].
Why It Matters
bipolar disorder has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 207 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for it include El Chigüire Bipolar[54], a website[55], in Venezuela[56], founded in 2008[57].