Consumer Medication - bipolar disorder - how medicine can help
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Consumer Medication - bipolar disorder - how medicine can help (PDF file) (Links to English resource)Summary: Bipolar disorder is a mental illness. People with bipolar disorder have episodes of sustained and noticeable changes in their mood. They can go through periods of depression and episodes of mania. Mania is a strong mood that lasts for one week or longer. A person experiencing mania may have unusually high levels of energy, might be very irritable and may have rapid thoughts and speech. They may have thoughts that are not true (delusions), or they may see, hear, feel or taste things that are not really there (hallucinations). Bipolar disorder affects approximately 1-2% of the population.
Organisation: Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Last reviewed: August 2019
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