By Woody Schuldt
Manic-depression, generally referred to as bipolar disorder, is a condition in which an individual experiences extreme emotional highs and lows. The highs, or manic episodes, can result in risky behaviors with little thought given to the consequences. Depressive episodes, or the emotional lows, are plagued with self-doubt, a lack of motivation, prolonged despair and suicidal tendencies or...
By Nacie Carson
Bipolar Disorder II, known simply as bipolar II, is a subcategory of the larger mental condition bipolar disorder. Bipolar II is characterized by the patient experiencing oscillating episodes of non-psychotic mania and major depression. Treatment for this life-disrupting condition typically needs to cover both the manic and depressive episodes, and therefore a combination of therapies may be...