I read somewhere recently that it depends on whether the psychosis appears in the manic or depressed phase. Evidently you can still be bipolar 2 if your psychosis happens during depression, while in bipolar 1 it happens with mania. My experience has been that the psychosis only accompanies manic episodes; I don't have it with depression at all.
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