DSM 1V - Diagnostic Categories for Manic Depression/ Bi-Polar Affective Disorder (BD) There are only two sub-types of bipolar illness, which have been defined, clearly enough to be given their own DSM categories, Bipolar I and Bipolar II.
Bipolar disorder causes dramatic mood swings, from overly high and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, and then back again, often with periods of normal mood in between. Severe changes in energy and behavior go along with these changes in mood. The periods of highs and lows are called episodes of mania and depression (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bip…
