Bipolar II disorder is a mental health condition that involves at least one depressive episode and at least one period of elevated mood, called hypomania. Bipolar II disorder causes intense ...

Bipolar I disorder involves more severe mania. Though your highs may not be as extreme, the cycles of hypomania and depression in bipolar II disorder can still affect your self-concept ...

Researchers at the University of California–San Diego calculated the ratio of time that people with bipolar 2 spend in depression versus hypomania at 40:1. Even with bipolar 1, they found ...

Typically, depression is present in the fall and winter, and hypomania or mania, kicks in during the spring or summer. Sometimes, the seasonal impact seems to be reversed, with summer bringing ...