Bipolar 2 is a psychiatric disorder just as the more well-known bipolar 1 is, but it differs significantly from bipolar 1. Bipolar 2 has as one of its characteristics the disorder of hypomania, which can be less overt in its symptoms than full-blown mania. Symptoms of hypomania include the following:
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Bipolar mania, perhaps better known by the name manic depression is a serious mental disorder which may be due to a number of different factors. There is no consensus on exactly what causes bipolar manic depression, but emotional, neurological and genetic factors are all believed to play a role. Bipolar mania manifests as mood changes which range from manic to extreme depression.
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Bipolar disorder is a difficult illness to manage and to treat. Many who have it may ask themselves, "Why me? What caused all this?" There are great disagreements as to the causes of the bipolar disease or disorder. They all tend to go back to the old nature/nurture controversy. In other words, does a thing happen to a person because of who he or she is, or because of the environment he or she grew up in?
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In the olden days, people who were affected with bipolar disorder were often termed moody or simply insane. Later, it was described as manic depression. This term is still in use, though it has been largely replaced by bipolar disorder.
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