What Is the Difference Between Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia | Ask The Experts | Sharecare

Bipolar disorder is defined as a mental illness that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks, while Schizophrenia is defined as serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. FInd out why exactly they are different.

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What Is the Difference Between Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

[arinyang]

Current med student here! I often struggled to distinguish between these whenever I encounter 2 answer choices. This video helped me a lot. Thank you!

[Bystander-xdwj]

I've seen both in my family. Given how much the symptoms overlap I've always been surprised how quickly Dr's make a diagnosis.