Bipolar vs. Depression WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Bipolar vs. Depression and compiled helpful research notes below.
Bipolar disorder is defined as shifts in a person's mood from severe depression to manic phases. People with bipolar disorder usually have periods of normalcy between shifts in personality. Depression is when someone has intense feelings of sadness that last for long periods of time.1
Fast Facts:
- Bipolar disorder characteristics include soaring highs, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, racing thoughts, impulsive decisions, reckless behavior, and poor judgment.1
- Differentiating between bipolar disorder and clinical depression can be difficult.1
- Antidepressants are used to treat clinical depression, but are not effective in treating bipolar disorder.1
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Top Resources on Bipolar vs. Depression
- Wikipedia: Bipolar Disorder
- WebMD: Is It Really Depression? - Symptoms Of Depression, Anxiety Disorder And Bipolar Disorder Have Similarities - But Require Different Treatments
- eMedicine: Bipolar Affective Disorder - Introduction
- National Institute of Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder - Introduction | What Are the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder? - Signs And Symptoms Of Depression
- Bipolar Focus: Bipolar And Depression - What's The Difference?
- Depression Answers: Bipolar VS. Manic Depression
- Eli Lilly: Bipolar Depression VS. Unipolar Depression
- Caring Today: A Caregiver's Guide: Depression VS. Bipolar Disorder
Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 WebMD: Is It Really Depression?
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- Contributor: Matthew Jones
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Jul. 17, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Matthew Jones
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: BIPOLAR VS DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR AND DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR DISORDER VS DEPRESSION, Depression vs Bipolar, Difference Between Bipolar and Depression, Differences between bipolar and depression
- Last update: Jul. 17, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
