Some studies have indicated that first-degree biological relatives of individuals with Bipolar II Disorder have elevated rates of Bipolar II Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder,… » »   

The following specifiers for Bipolar II Disorder should be used to indicate the nature of the current episode or, if the full criteria are… » »   

The diagnostic code for Bipolar II Disorder is 296.89; none of the specifiers are codable. In recording the name of the diagnosis, terms should… » »   

Bipolar II Disorder may be more common in women than in men. Gender appears to be related to the number and type of Hypomanic… » »   

A. Biomedical Therapies: Treatment of bi-polar disorder depends on the specific form of be-havioral disorder at presentation. Lithium carbonate or divalproex represents the preferred… » »   

A 27-year-old male graduate student in molecular biology was brought to the emergency room by his fiancee, who explained that over the preceding 2… » »   

Multinational studies indicate that the lifetime risk of bipolar disorder is approximately 1-2%. Depending on how the phenotype is defined, the concordance rate for… » »   

A. Biochemical Factors: Although many differences in biochemical indices have been described when patients with bipolar disorder are compared to normal control subjects, there… » »   

Emil Kraepelin, the German psychiatrist who coined the phrase “manic depression,” wrote that bipolar illness, in contrast to schizophrenia, usually has a good prognosis.… » »   

A. Manic Disorder: Now that pharmacological treatment has become widespread, the complete natural history of a manic episode is seldom observed. Speed of onset,… » »