Jonathan Brandis: Closer Fan tribute containing a biography, filmography, interviews, scanned magazine covers, screen captures, poetry, desktop wallpapers, and articles on bipolar disorder.
Mood Shifts Books on mental health issues, stories, resources and workbooks. Manic depression, bipolar disorder, depression, ECT, panic attacks, eating disorders, and other mental health subjects.
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Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Affective Disorder, "BPAD", or "BP" is a mood disorder, according to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual). Specific categories of the disorder include Bipolar type I, Bipolar type II, cyclothymic disorder, Bipolar NOS (not otherwise specified). Each varies with intensity and length of the varing manic or hypomanic and depressive episodes. These episodes result in unusually extreme highs and lows of an individual's mood, i.e. affect, over time. The high part of the mood is called "mania" (often times a euphoria) and the low part of the mood is depression. Bipolar disorder is now generally considered to be a biochemical disorder of the brain and its associated hormonal systems. Without proper treatment bipolar disorder can destroy families, friendships, careers, and even lives. Bipolar disorder can be so profoundly distressing for those that suffer from it that 15% of people diagnosed with bipolar will eventually commit suicide. It is found in disproportionate numbers in people with creative talent such as scientists and poets, and it has been speculated that the mechanisms which cause the disorder may be related to those responsible for creativity in these persons. Some persons with bipolar may even want to feel manic or hypomanic. That is where they feel their best and can best be creative and productive.
List Of People Believed To Have Been Affected By Bipolar Disorder This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with bipolar disorder. This list includes only a) deceased persons and b) living persons who have been frank about their condition. It does not include speculation about status of living people who have not publically stated themselves to have bipolar disorder.
Many of the older cases are speculations based on their biographies rather than an actual medical diagnosis.
Creativity And Bipolar Disorder Mental illness and creativity are popularly considered to be related, particularly in the case of disorders commonly called manic depression.