What is Bipolar Disorder? - Bipolar Symptom Breakdown

In this video, we dive deep into how bipolar disorders are diagnosed and how we differentiate between them. I find that even clinicians are frequently confused about the differences between bipolar 1 and bipolar 2 disorder. Bipolar is one of the most consistently misdiagnosed conditions, leading to clients and patients getting the wrong treatment.

If you watch this video all the way through you will learn the fascinating history of bipolar disorder and some of the famous figures throughout history suspected of exhibiting manic depressive behavior. There is a good chance you will walk away with a better grasp of the differentiations between bipolar disorders than perhaps many clinicians. I hope you enjoy!

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Bipolar History
01:07 - Bipolar Diagnostic Criteria (Bipolar 1 vs. 2)
01:35 - What are elevated episodes?
02:15 - Mania vs. hypomania
03:00. -Cyclothymic Disorder
03:19 - Severity of BP! vs. BP2
03:45 - Bipolar misdiagnosis
05:06 - Outro