This video explores bipolar disorder, a mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood and energy, specifically presenting what bipolar disorder is and the symptoms, types, causes, diagnosis, and treatments associated with the disorder. Subscribe to the McMaster Demystifying Medicine YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingMedicine This video is provided for general and educational information only. Please consult your health care provider for Information about your health. This video was made by McMaster students Sakshi Sinha and Paniz Poursharif in collaboration with the McMaster Demystifying Medicine Program. Copyright McMaster University 2021 #DemystifyingMedicine, #MentalHealth Icons: www.flaticon.com Music: https://www.bensound.com References Bipolar disorder. (2018, January 31). Retrieved November 23, 2020, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bipolar-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355955 Bipolar Disorder. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2020, from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml Borderline Personality Disorder. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2020, from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml Canada, P. (2009, April 23). Government of Canada. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/chronic-diseases/mental-illness/what-should-know-about-bipolar-disorder-manic-depression.html Lichtenstein, P., Yip, B. H., Björk, C., et al. (2009). Common genetic determinants of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Swedish families: A population-based study. The Lancet, 373(9659), 234-239. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(09)60072-6 Strakowski, S. M., Delbello, M. P., Sax, K. W. et al. (1999). Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Structural Abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 56(3), 254. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.56.3.254 What Are Bipolar Disorders. (n.d). Retrieved November 23, 2020, from https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/bipolar-disorders/what-are-bipolar-disorders