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Bipolar disorder is also known as manic depression. Depression can be part of Bipolar depending on the symptoms or it can be depression.
With depression, there's no manic or hypomanic episode is prevalent and the individual has no record or indication of having a manic or hypomanic episode in the past.
Bipolar II Disorder consists of both hypomania and depression. In Bipolar II disorder, the person doesn’t experience full-blown manic episodes. Instead, the illness involves episodes of hypomania and severe depression.
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