It is a psychological disorder, coded as F31 in ICD 10 [1], characterized by unusual and pervasive changes in their mood. A person suffering from biploar disorder can go from feeling extremely sad to feeling extremely happy within a few days or in some case, in a few hours.
Symptoms of this disorder are spread over a spectrum. Someone with severe symptoms, is easy to diagnose while diagnosing someone who is on the lower side of this spectrum is challenging.
Ref:
1. World Health Organization(WHO). (1993). The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders. World Health Organization.
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