| It has not been until recently that the
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| | Jean-Pierre Falret, referred to the
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| term bipolar disorder has been used to
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| | condition as folie circulaire (circular
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| represent what has always been a
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| | insanity).
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| misunderstood condition. The ancient
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| | After World War II, an Australian
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| Greeks were aware of it, and the ancient
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| | psychiatrist named John Cade was the
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| Chinese had written about it in an
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| | first to discover that lithium carbonate
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| encyclopedia. Yet, it was not until 1957
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| | could be used to treat manic depressive
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| that the terms bipolar and unipolar were
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| | psychosis. At this time during the
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| first used.
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| | history of bipolar disorder, many experts
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| Learning the history of bipolar disorder
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| | feared that table salt substitutes could
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| helps us to both understand and
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| | be toxic or fatal. So, it wasnt until the
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| appreciate the many advancements that
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| | 1950s that American hospitals
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| have been made in the field today.
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| | experimented with this knowledge. Lithium
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| Knowing about the history of the disorder
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| | was eventually approved for treatment by
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| will also provide us with hope for
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| | the Food and Drug Administration in 1970.
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| further advancements that are certain to
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| | In 1968, the condition was reclassified
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| come in the future.
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| | as an illness (manic depressive illness).
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| From Ancient Descriptions to the Modern
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| | Recently, the term bipolar disorder has
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| Day Disease
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| | become more common. Many prefer the older
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| Excluding the ancient Greeks and Chinese,
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| | term because it more accurately describes
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| not much research was done in the history
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| | the condition as an illness rather than a
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| of bipolar disorder until the 1900s. In
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| | disorder.
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| 1902, Emil Kraepelin, a German
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| | Famous Sufferers of Bipolar Disorder In
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| psychiatrist who lived from 1856-1926,
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| | History
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| began to study the disorder in more
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| | There were many famous people that
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| depth. Kraepelin monitored the natural
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| | displayed the classic symptoms of bipolar
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| progression of untreated bipolar
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| | disorder, even though they were never
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| patients. In his notes, he described his
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| | diagnosed or treated. These historical
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| patients by using the term "manic
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| | sufferers of bipolar disorder include
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| depressive psychosis." This was the first
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| | Virginia Woolf, Theodore Roosevelt,
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| time in the history of bipolar disorder
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| | Winston Churchill, Leo Tolstoy, Ernest
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| that such a precise term had ever been
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| | Hemmingway, and Abraham Lincoln.
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| used.
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| | A Promising Future
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| In 1954, two French scientists
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| | Though it took hundreds of years to
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| individually presented their theories
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| | research, classify, and treat bipolar
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| regarding a biphasic mental illness that
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| | disorder, we still have a long way to go
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| consisted of reoccurring cycles of
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| | before a cure can be found. Yet, the
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| depression and mania. One of these
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| | history of bipolar disorder provides the
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| scientists, Jules Baillarger, called the
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| | hope that long strides can be made in
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| illness folie a double forme (dual-form
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| | just a short period of time.
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| insanity). The other scientist,
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