What is bipolar mania?
Bipolar mania is a serious mental illness. Bipolar mania is a serious mental illness characterized by swings in mood and energy and can affect a person’s ability to function. Bipolar disorder usually requires lifelong treatment. Bipolar disorder may be caused by a genetic predisposition to the illness as it tends to run in families. Close relatives of people with bipolar disorder are more likely to also have the disorder. A manic episode is defined as a period during which people are in a highly elevated, expansive, irritable, or angry mood, which lasts at least one week. While there is no cure for bipolar disorder, it can be managed with medication and psychosocial therapies.
