How Often Does Bipolar Disease Occur?
Article updated and reviewed by Christos Ballas, MD, Attenting Psychiatrist, Inpatient and Consult/Liaison Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on April 11, 2005.
There are two basic mood disorder categories are unipolar and bipolar.
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