Question

Mary experiences long periods of time when she feels very depressed. However, she occasionally goes through phases where she is highly focused on her painting and she creates beautiful works that provide a rewarding experience to her. It is most likely that Mary would be diagnosed with ________ disorder.

Answer 1

Answer: Bipolar 2

Explanation: Some individual may often suffer from mental illness or disorder which is characterized by feelings of depression, despondency and often lack of desire even to those things, events, hobbies which are very dear to them. This kind of mental disorder is called Bipolar disorder. However, Mary's feeling and behavior as described above, marks a class of bipolar disorder called BIPOLAR 2 which isn't as severe as the BIPOLAR Mary's case is a mix of depression and very active states, whereby feelings of depression is followed by elevated mood or behavior which is a little above normal, this is showcased in the beautiful painting she creates after her depressive episode.