bipolar disorder

Synonyms:

manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis

Types:

cyclic disorder, cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder

a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time

Type of:

affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder

any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant