Who discovered Bipolar Disorder?

raman   October 28, 2011   Comments Off on Who discovered Bipolar Disorder?

Bipolar Disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders. It is a disastrous mental disorder. It causes abnormal elevation in the mood of a person. It is also known as manic–depressive disorder and manic depression.

It was first identified in 2nd century by ancient Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia. Jules Gabriel Francois Baillarger, a French psychiatrist separating the two disorders through his studies. In 1913, German psychiatrist Emeril Krapelin defined it as manic depression.

Bipolar Disorder1 Discovered By Francois Baillarger

Bipolar Disorder2 Discovered By Emeril Krapelin