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Bipolar disorder (BD), formerly known as manic depression, is a chronic mood disorder that causes extreme mood shifts. These mood episodes can be recurring, constant, or occur at irregular intervals. There are two main types of bipolar disorder (I and II), depending on patterns of manic or hypomanic and depressive episodes. People with bipolar type I disorder experience one or more manic episodes with episodes of depression that usually become more common over time. People wi