Bipolar I disorder

Bipolar disorder
Specialty	Psychiatry
Symptoms	mood instability, psychosis in some cases
Complications	suicide
Usual onset	25 years of age
Causes	Complex
Differential diagnosis	Other bipolar disorders, borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder
Treatment	Therapy, mood stabilizing medication such as lithium
Medication	Lithium, anticonvulsants, antipsychotics
Deaths	6% die by suicide

Bipolar I disorder (BD-I; pronounced "type one bipolar disorder") is a type of bipolar spectrum disorder characterized by the occurrence of at least one manic episode, with or without mixed or psychotic features.^[1] Most people also, at other times, have one or more depressive episodes.^[2] Typically, these manic episodes can last at least 7 days for most of each day to the extent that the individual may need medical attention. Also, the depressive episodes will be approximately 2 weeks long.^[3]

It is a type of bipolar disorder and conforms to the classic concept of manic-depressive illness, which can include psychosis during mood episodes.^[4]