What is the difference between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia?
What is the difference between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia?
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder, while schizophrenia is characterized by psychosis. Learn more with Ellen Leibenluft, MD, chief of bipolar spectrum disorders at the National Institute of Mental Health.
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