Definitions for "Bipolar Affective Disorder"
Keywords:  mania, manic, depressed, mood, episodes
A psychiatric disorder in which the affected person has both depressed and happy, energetic (manic) episodes. This is a newer term for manic-depressive disorder.
A severe mental illness with repeated episodes of mania and depression. The person is usually well in the intervals between episodes.
Another term for bipolar disorder (previously manic-depressive disorder)