https://www.psychdb.com/ 2026-06-07T09:54:20-0700 https://www.psychdb.com/ https://www.psychdb.com/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2023-12-15T02:16:30-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/bipolar/bipolar-i?rev=1702635390&do=diff Bipolar I Disorder Primer Bipolar I Disorder is a mental disorder characterized by episodes of highly elevated or irritable mood, known as mania. Individuals may also present with decreased sleep, grandiosity, talkativeness, racing thoughts, and indiscretion or risk-taking behaviours. In some presentations, one's mood can shift very quickly between mania, anger, irritability, and/or depression, indicating a text/html 2022-02-13T22:23:56-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/bipolar/bipolar-ii?rev=1644819836&do=diff Bipolar II Disorder Primer Bipolar II Disorder is a mental disorder characterized by a clinical course of recurring mood episodes consisting of at least one major depressive episode and at least one hypomanic episode. The depressive episode must last at least 2 weeks, and the hypomanic episode must last at least 4 days. text/html 2021-03-29T15:04:31-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/bipolar/cyclothymic?rev=1617055471&do=diff Cyclothymic Disorder Primer Cyclothymic disorder is a mood disorder characterized by chronic, fluctuating mood disturbances that consist of numerous hypomanic symptoms (not a hypomanic episode) and depressive symptoms (not a depressive episode), that are chronologically distinct from each other. It is best conceptualized as text/html 2021-02-27T07:24:58-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/bipolar/home?rev=1614439498&do=diff Bipolar Disorders Primer Bipolar Disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by prolonged periods of excessive elevation in mood with/without depressive episodes. It can be considered as a group of disorders that bridge between the depressive and psychotic disorders. <ul id="frontpage "style="column-width:20em; -webkit-column-count: 1; -moz-column-count: 1; column-count: 1;" class="catlist_columns catlist-nslist" ><ul id="frontpage"><li class="catlist-head"><div class="entity-l… text/html 2022-02-03T02:11:26-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/bipolar/substance-medication?rev=1643883086&do=diff Substance/Medication-Induced Bipolar and Related Disorder Primer Substance/Medication-Induced Bipolar and Related Disorder is diagnosed when a substance (alcohol, illicit drugs, or prescribed medication) causes manic/hypomanic and/or depressive symptoms while an individual is using the substance or during a withdrawal syndrome associated with the substance. text/html 2021-03-29T15:07:38-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/bipolar/z-bipolar-medical?rev=1617055658&do=diff Bipolar and Related Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition Primer Bipolar and Related Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition is a mood disorder diagnosis given when there is a prominent and persistent period of abnormally elevated, expansive, or irritable mood and abnormally increased activity or energy that is attributable to another medical condition. Medical conditions commonly known to cause bipolar mania or hypomania include Cushing's disease, text/html 2021-05-12T18:58:46-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/bipolar/z-other-bipolar?rev=1620871126&do=diff Other Specified Bipolar and Related Disorders Primer Other Specified Bipolar and Related Disorders is a category of DSM-5 diagnoses that applies to individuals who have symptoms characteristic of a bipolar and related disorder (e.g. - bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymic disorder) but do not meet the full criteria for any of them.