Bipolar disorder (PBD) is a serious, disabling, and potentially life-threatening mental illness. The defining characteristics of the condition are alternating phases of depression and manic or hypomanic episodes. Mania is exclusive to bipolar I, while hypomania is associated with bipolar II.
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Statistics
The most frequently used and widely accepted reference for classifying symptoms and diagnostic criteria of mental disorders is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013), which specifies that 0.6% of people in the united states have been formally diagnosed with bipolar I, and 0.8% with bipolar II. Global rates are between 0 - 0.6% for bipolar