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Bipolar II disorder: Bipolar disorder in someone who has experienced depression and at least one episode of hypomania but not severe mania. Hypomanic episodes characteristically do not cause significant distress or greatly impair one's work, family, or social life.
Bipolar II disorder is distinct from bipolar I disorder in which a person has had at least one episode of severe mania. Severe mania characteristically causes significant distress or greatly impairs one's work, family, or social life.
See also: Bipolar disorder; Depression; Hypomania; Mania.
WebMD explains bipolar II disorder -- also known as manic depression. Plus, symptoms, treatments, and how bipolar II is different from other types of bipolar disorder.
Here is a clear definition of Bipolar II Disorder (also known as bipolar 2 or bipolar type 2). Also, information on how Bipolar II Disorder differs from Bipolar I ...
In people with bipolar disorder II, the symptoms of mania are similar but less intense. The depressed phase of both types of bipolar disorder includes the ...
Over six million people in the Unites States alone suffer from a form of bipolar disorder. The effects of bipolar disorder can severely disrupt someone's work, school ...
Bipolar disorder ... 04743-2..50071-8_1865. Accessed Nov. 23, 2009. Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder.