Movies about Bipolar Disorder Manic Depressive

Bipolar disorder or manic–depressive disorder, also referred to as bipolar affective disorder or manic depression, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or more depressive episodes. The elevated moods are clinically referred to as mania or, if milder, hypomania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes, or symptoms, or a mixed state in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time. These events are usually separated by periods of "normal" mood; but, in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, which is known as rapid cycling. Extreme manic episodes can sometimes lead to such psychotic symptoms as delusions and hallucinations. The disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, and other types, based on the nature and severity of mood episodes experienced; the range is often described as the bipolar spectrum.

Movies

Lust for Life (1956) - Kirk Douglas
A Fine Madness (1966) - Sean Connery
Frances (1982) - Jessica Lange
Mr. Jones (1993) - Richard Gere
Blue Sky (1994) - Jessica Lange
Mad Love (1995) - Drew Barrymore
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Pollock (2001) - Ed Harris
Manic (2001) - Joseph Gordon-Lewit
Sylvia (2003)  - Gwyneth Paltrow
King of California - Michael Douglas
Michael Clayton (2007) - Tom Wilkinson
The Informant! (2009) - Matt Damon

Documentales

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2006)
A Summer in the Cage (2007)

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