Bipolar disorder causes periods of mania and depression that can switch quickly. Treatment involves mood stabilizing drugs and psychotherapy. Common drugs include lithium, anticonvulsants, antipsychotics, antidepressants, and benzodiazepines. Therapies include cognitive behavioral therapy, psychoeducation, family therapy, and group therapy. Bipolar disorder typically emerges in early adulthood and affects both men and women.

2.  Bipolar disorder is a
condition in which
people go back and
forth between
periods of a very
good or irritable
mood and
depression. The
"mood swings"
between mania and
depression can be
very quick

4.  Treatment for bipolar disorder most often
includes a combination of a mood-stabilizing
drug and psychotherapy. Although drug
treatment is primary, ongoing psychotherapy
is important to help patients better cope with
the condition

5.  Drug:
 Lithium
 Anticonvulsants
 Antipsychotics
 Antidepressants
 Symbyax
 Benzodiazepines
 Therapies:
 Cognitive behavioral
therapy
 Psychoeducation
 Family therapy
 Group therapy
 Electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT)
 Hospitalization

7.  Bipolar disorder affects
both men and women.
Mainly, the symptoms
can be clearly visible in a
person’s early twenties.
In addition, studies and
researches reveal that
usually the first
occurrence of the bipolar
disorder takes place in
early life of a person
which gets slower with
the increasing age.
Moreover, children do
face disorder in their
lives.

8.  In a study conducted in 2009 by the Department of Psychiatry of the Seoul National
University College of Medicine and Institute for Human Behavioral Medicine the
brains of individuals with bipolar disorder I and II were viewed using MRI
technology. The results of the study showed gray brain matter abnormalities in
various regions of the brain for bipolar II, as well as bipolar I participants, although
bipolar II had fewer abnormalities. Those with bipolar II had gray matter deficits in
the ventromedial prefrontal regions of the brain (located in the rear of the front
part of the brain, inside the cortex and atop the orbits of the eyes), and also in the
anterior limbic cortices of the brain (an area that spans almost the length of the
brain, but is towards the brains outer center).

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