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Bipolar Disorder: Catherine Zeta Jones Dealing With Bipolar Disorder

By Sarah Trist on April 13, 2011 9:32 pm in Health News, Latest News / no comments

The news has just recently been confirmed that Catherine Zeta Jones has indeed been undergoing inpatient care for bipolar disorder. The disorder that she is dealing with is bipolar II disorder. After being in the inpatient care in a hospital in Connecticut Zeta-Jones is going back to work. She will just have to learn how to manage her bipolar disorder.

Bipolar II disorder can be recognized because of the mood swing and depressive episodes that it brings. Most of the time it is treated with medication and psychotherapy. Bipolar disorder was previously known as manic-depressive disorder. This is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormal elevation of the energy levels, cognition and mood. This can be with or without depressive episodes.

Most people that suffer from bipolar disorder can go on to lead normal lives. The people that live with the person suffering from this disorder may find it useful to go through some sort of training on what to expect. There are books that you can read as well to find out information that will help you in dealing with this problem. Thousands of people are affected with this disorder and a normal life is possible in most cases.

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