Bipolar Disorder

What is bipolar disorder?

• a manic depressive illness that affects the brain

• a condition where people feel sad all the time

• an illness that gives people headaches

• a brain illness that makes people feel happy all the time

How does bipolar affect people?

• it alters people's moods between happy and sad

• it changes what things people enjoy

• it makes people less intelligent

Which of the following answers are methods to treat bipolar disorder? (Select all that apply)

• medication

• going to a psychiatrist

• going to a doctor

Everyone with bipolar needs the same medicine.

• True

• False

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What used to be done with people who had bipolar disorder? (Select all that apply)

• they were euthanized

• they were chained up

• they were sent far away

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Which treatment option from ancient times does this image relate to?

• electric eels were applied to their skulls

• witchcraft was used to try and cure them

• their blood was let out