Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Once better known as "manic depression", the term bipolar was coined by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in the late nineteenth century, originally referring to all kinds of mood disorder.
Bipolar disorder can be found in all age groups, races, ethnic groups and social classes. An equal number of men and women are being affected.
The mood of a person with this disorder alternates between different extremes, such as extreme sadness and euphoric happiness. Thus, this disease is named
