Bipolar Disorder

Question 1

Subtypes

Answer 1

Bipolar I - Mania and depression
Bipolar II - Hypomania and depression

Gerald Klerman proposed additional subtypes in 1981 as follows:-

Bipolar III - Cyclothymic disorder
Bipolar IV: Hypomania or mania precipitated by antidepressant drugs
Bipolar V: Depressed patients with a family history of bipolar illness
Bipolar VI: Mania without depression (unipolar mania)
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Question 2

Cyclothymia

Answer 2

Cyclothymia, also known as cyclothymic disorder, is a mental disorder that involves periods of symptoms of depression and periods of symptoms of hypomania.[3] These symptoms however are not sufficient to be a major depressive episode or a hypomanic episode.[3] Symptoms must last for more than one or two years.[