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Bipolar Disorder
Welcome to the UC Davis MIND Institute and Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (CEDD) resource page for Bipolar Disorder.
Contact Brenda Shelton, Resource Center Manager, if you need additional resources or if you would like to visit the Resource Center. (916) 703-0336
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes severe or unusual shifts in mood, energy level, thinking, and behavior. For example, people with bipolar disorder often experience episodes of overly high “highs”, extreme irritability, and depression. While everyone has good and bad moods, the unprovoked and intense highs and lows of people with bipolar disorder can be unpredictable, extreme, and debilitating.
Bipolar disorder occurs in all age groups, young and old. Until recently, bipolar disorder in children and adolescents was thought to be an extremely rare condition, but it may, in fact, be more common than previously thought.
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