Background Of Bipolar Disorder. The history of bipolar disorder changed with emil kraepelin a german psychiatrist who broke away from sigmund freud s theory that society and the suppression of desires played a large role in. In 1854 jules baillarger 1809 1890 and jean pierre falret 1794 1870 independently presented. When you become depressed you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. The modern psychiatric concept of bipolar disorder has its origins in the nineteenth century.
The term manic depressive illness dates back to the 1950s and the term bipolar disorder dates back to the 1980s burton 2012. 1583 describes the malady in his eight treatises on the nurturing of life ts un sheng pa chien. The encyclopedist gao lian c. Bipolar disorder formerly called manic depression is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs mania or hypomania and lows depression. Bipolar disorder sometimes known as manic depression is a type of mental disorder where people experience periods of extreme lows known as depression as well as periods of extreme highs or. A review of the symptoms causes diagnosis and treatments of bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorder sometimes known as manic depression is a type of mental disorder where people experience periods of extreme lows known as depression as well as periods of extreme highs or.
A review of the symptoms causes diagnosis and treatments of bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder sometimes referred to as manic depressive illness is typically defined by alternating episodes of mania and depressionâ a person may feel unreasonably happy one week sad and listless the next. In 1854 jules baillarger 1809 1890 and jean pierre falret 1794 1870 independently presented. When you become depressed you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. The earliest mentions of bipolar disorder in medical literature date back to hippocrates 460 370 b c a physician in ancient greece who s often referred to as the father of medicine he was. The term manic depressive illness dates back to the 1950s and the term bipolar disorder dates back to the 1980s burton 2012.