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Originally Posted by Secretum
How can you have comorbid bipolar and major depressive disorders? Doesn't a diagnosis of bipolar I or II disorder assume the presence of major depressive episodes?
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Believe it or not, even though Bipolar disorder consists of depressive and manic episodes, it is a completely separate disorder to Major Depressive Disorder and thus both can be diagnosed as separate diagnoses and not all those with Bipolar Disorder will have Major Depressive Disorder.
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