bipolar disorder
noun
: any of several psychological disorders of mood characterized usually by alternating episodes of depression and mania
called also bipolar illness, manic depression
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
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She had been diagnosed as having bipolar disorder and was later diagnosed as having schizophrenia.
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
The actor died in Sept. 2023 amid a battle with bipolar disorder at the age of 43.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 20 Apr. 2025
She had been diagnosed as having bipolar disorder and was later diagnosed as having schizophrenia.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Awuah-Darko, a 28-year-old British-Ghanaian artist, has documented his battle with treatment-resistant bipolar disorder for years.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Bipolar disorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bipolar%20disorder. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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