1. Types of Bipolar Disorder Bipolar I –More time in depressed state –Long periods of normality Bipolar II –Long episodes of depression, occasional hypomania –Virtually no time of wellness Cyclothymia –Many episodes of hypomania –Occasional mild depression Mixed states –Signs of depression and mania at same time Rapid cycling –Many cycles of mania and depression each year –Four or more episodes a year Concepts are crowded together Bad

2. Types of Bipolar Disorder Bipolar I –More time in depressed state –Long periods of normality Bipolar II –Long episodes of depression, occasional hypomania –Virtually no time of wellness Concepts are each given enough space... Good

3. Types of Bipolar Disorder (cont.) Cyclothymia –Many episodes of hypomania –Occasional mild depression Mixed states –Signs of depression and mania at same time Rapid cycling –Many cycles of mania and depression each year –Four or more episodes a year … by spreading them onto two slides.