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Originally Posted by sewerrats
bipolar was never a name used in England, always manic depression, BIPOLAR believe it or not was a the term they started using to soften the impact of people being told they were a MANIC DEPRESSIVE which sounds to the normal,s like your an axe murder .  |
Actually bipolar is a DSM 4 invention. The term "manic depressive" goes back at least 100-150 years, probably longer. The illness has been recorded much longer then that. Bipolar then expanded into spectrum of 1,2 then "nos". Now we have unipolar. Pretty much anybody can be *polar. I still buy into the syllable theory... Manic depressive = 5 syllables. Bipolar disorder NOS = 10!
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