Bertschy's blog

Bipolar disorders are called “bipolar” because we usually consider that they are made of two clinical poles: the depressive one and the manic one. In this perspective a new episode of the disorder is either depressive or manic. Yet things are more complex as depressive symptoms and manic symptoms can be present at the same time. “At the same time” really means simultaneously or in close successive moments, with many alternates between depressive and manic symptoms during the same day. Such clinical states, associating depressive and manic symptoms, are called mixed states. Read more »