The Broken Brain
The Broken Brain
Popped Collar Productions
Patreon Sample: Changing Manic-Depressive to Bipolar
3 minutes Posted Jun 21, 2024 at 2:03 pm.
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This is a 3 minute sample of this week's Patreon episode, a look into the history of naming Bipolar Disorder.

In 1980 the name of Manic-Depressive Disorder was officially changed to Bipolar Disorder. Why did they do that? Was it good, bad, or just something that happened?

This week's Thistory History dive is a look into the practice of changing diagnostic names, and the clinical social reasons behind that.