What Is Difference Between Unipolar and Bipolar

Unipolar depression involves several depressive symptoms (extremely low mood), while bipolar depression involves several depressive and also manic symptoms (alternating between periods of extremely low mood with extremely euphoric/irritable mood).

Is unipolar more common than bipolar?

From an epidemiological perspective, 17% of individuals in the US will have at least one unipolar major depressive episode in their life, in contrast to 1% that will be diagnosed with BDI and up to 4% that will be diagnosed with bipolar II disorder (BDII).

What is unipolar depression vs bipolar depression?

“Unipolar depression focuses mostly on the depressed mood state rather than the two-pronged presentation of bipolar depression, which includes the movement between the depressive state as well as the expansive or elevated mood state,” explains Lovern Moseley, a licensed psychologist in Boston.