AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression). When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some examples of mood disorders include: Major depressive disorder-prolonged and persistent periods of extreme sadness. Bipolar disorder-also called manic depression or bipolar affective disorder, depression that includes alternating times of depression and mania.

Detailed explanation-3: -These include bipolar disorder, cyclothymia, hypomania, major depressive disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. These are common psychiatric disorders leading to an increase in morbidity and mortality.