Today’s video is about bipolar spectrum illness and is based on a viewer question from Saddam. He wants to know if his diagnosis as bipolar spectrum will eventually lead him to bipolar 1 disorder or bipolar 2.
In the US, bipolar spectrum is not a recognized term. Researchers and clinicians are still debating whether depression and bipolar disorder should be treated together.
This video explains the history of bipolar disorder. It evolved from manic depressive disorder to bipolar disorder. Many believe that we should rename the bipolar spectrum and include other conditions like
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Recurrent severe depression with psychosis Manic symptoms
mixed with depressionCyclothymia
Antidepressant-induced mania Anxious depression
Atypical depression
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ReferencesGhaemi SN. Bipolar spectrum: A review of the concept, and a vision forward Psychiatry Investig. 2013;10(3): 218-224.
Mondimore FM. Historical perspective on Kraepelin’s manic-depressive disorder. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2005;17(1): 49-52.
Trede K, Salvatore P, Baethge C, Gerhard A, Maggini C, Baldessarini RJ. Manic-depressive illness: evolution in Kraepelin’s Textbook, 1883-1926. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2005;13(3): 155-178.
Singh T. Williams K. Atypical Depression. Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2006;3(4): 33-39.
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