What is Bipolar Disorder?

Bipolar Affective Disorder or Manic-depressive disorder (MDD), often

known as Bipolar Disorder (BD), is a chronic and complicated mood
illness characterised by a mix of manic, hypomanic, and depressive
episodes, as well as subsyndromal symptoms present in the interim. It
is one of the primary causes of disability and morbidity around the
world. Bipolar Mood Disorder has been linked to major medical and
psychiatric complications, early mortality, significant degrees of
functional disability, and a poor quality of life