In bipolar disorder, having four or more mood episodes over a 12-month period.
Defined as having 4 or more Manic, Mixed, Hypomanic, or Depressive Episodes in any 12-month period. Episodes are marked by either a period of partial or full remission for at least 2 months or a switch to an episode of opposite polarity.
Form of bipolar disorder in which one has frequent episodes of depression or mania or a shift from one extreme to the other with no interval of normalcy; episodes last at least one week; it has been reported that they may be briefer in children, but this is controversial.
the occurrence of four or more mood episodes within the preceding year. (Approximately 5-15% of all bipolars.)
A variation of bipolar disorder in which a person switches more quickly between symptoms of depression and mania or hypomania, experiencing four or more episodes within a year.
When a person with bipolar disorder experiences four or more mood episodes (mania, hypomania or depression) within a year.
A variation of bipolar disorder defined by four or more manic or depressive episodes within one year. According to the American Psychiatric Association, between 12% and 20% of people with bipolar disorder experience rapid cycling.
a serious condition in the cycles of Bipolar Disorder in which the individual quickly alters between symptoms of depression and mania sometimes within minutes.