From
"A Brief History of Bipolar Disorder", Caregiver.com:
Quote:
In 1913, Emil Krapelin established the term manic-depressive...
In 1980, the term bipolar disorder (1980) replaced manic-depressive disorder as a diagnostic term found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-III).
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Note: the current APA Manual is DSM-IV-TR (2000). I understand the ICD-10 (the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization) and not the DSM is in use in the UK.
I believe (I may be incorrect) Bipolar Disorder is also known as Bipolar Affective Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder is also known as Recurrent Depressive Disorder.
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My dog
mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.