Bipolar
Submitted by needana on April 26, 2009
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Bipolar
Bipolar disorder is defined as an affective disorder characterized by periods of mania alternating with periods of depression, usually those with the disorder have relatively long intervals of normal mood. It affects many people all around that world with no boundaries of age or sex. Usually signs of the disorder begin to show in early adult hood but can be diagnosed before that.
Until recently experts had concluded that only adults had this disorder but now it has been shown that some children have it only with different symptoms than adults. Kids with the disorder have intense mood changes that quickly go form one extreme to another without a clear reason. The moods vary...
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