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Bipolar disorder is also known as “manic-depressive illness” is defined by the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 (A.P.A. 2013) as a brain illness, characterized by periods of elevated mood and periods of depression. The elevated mood is significant; it impairs daily functioning and is known as mania or hypomania, depending on the severity of the episode or presence of psychosis. During a manic episode, the individual feels and/or acts abnormally and persistently elated, energetic, goal oriented, or irritable and might make poorly thought out decisions with little regard to the consequences. The need for sleep is usually reduced, individuals are more talkative than usual, and the disturbance in mood is observable by others. Periods of...
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Guerdjikova, A.I., McElroy, S.L. (2015). Bipolar Disorder and Eating Disorders. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_20-1
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