Science And Psychology

APSARA KATUWAL  DANGOL Bipolar Disorder It is known as manic-depressive illness. It is a brain disorder having characters like a change in mood, energy, the level of activity in the day to day life.It has two episodes, manic and depressive episodes. Manic episodes deal with the period of extremely up, elated and energized behavior. If it is less severe, it is known as hypomania. Depressive episodes deal with very sad, down and hopeless periods. i. Bipolar I Disorder : In this type of disorder, a person has manic episodes for at least 7 days. The person can have severe manic symptoms lasting at least two weeks. There can be mixed features(depressive and manic symptoms) also. ii. Bipolar II Disorder : In this type of disorder, a person has hypomanic and depressive episodes. iii. Cyclothymic Disorder : It is also known as Cyclothymic. In this type of disorder, there is numerous period of hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms lasting at least for two years. But in the case