Bipolar II disorder (recurrent depressive and hypomanic episodes) and related disorders
(united in the bipolar spectrum) are understudied, despite a prevalence of about 5% in the …

Bipolar disorder is a recurrent chronic disorder characterised by fluctuations in mood state
and energy. It affects more than 1% of the world's population irrespective of nationality …

Bipolar disorder refers to a group of affective disorders, which together are characterised by
depressive and manic or hypomanic episodes. These disorders include: bipolar disorder …

Bipolar disorders are a complex group of severe and chronic disorders that includes bipolar
I disorder, defined by the presence of a syndromal, manic episode, and bipolar II disorder …

Bipolar, or manic-depressive, disorder is a frequent, severe, mostly recurrent mood disorder
associated with great morbidity. The lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder is 1· 3 to 1· 6 …

We review recent developments in the acute and long-term treatment of bipolar disorder and
identify promising future routes to therapeutic innovation. Overall, advances in drug …

The definitions of bipolar-I (BP-I) and bipolar-II (BP-II) disorders are currently under revision
by the APA and by the WHO. We provide evidence of a revised set of criteria for bipolar …

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This Review discusses crucial areas related to the identification, clinical presentation,
course, and therapeutic management of bipolar disorder, a major psychiatric illness. Bipolar …

Until recently it was believed that no more than 1% of the general population has bipolar
disorder. Emerging transatlantic data are beginning to provide converging evidence for a …