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Numerous notable people have had some form of mood disorder. This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable sources associating them with some form of bipolar disorder (formerly known as "manic depression"), including cyclothymia, based on their own public statements; this discussion is sometimes tied to the larger topic of creativity and mental illness. In the case of dead people only ...
NOTE: People with manic-seeming public persona but without documented diagnostic histories of bipolar disorder do not belong in this category. Also, persons prior to the 20th century may have incomplete or speculative diagnoses of bipolar disorder (e.g. Vincent van Gogh
George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820; ruled 1760–1820) exhibited signs of mental disorder, in the form of logorrhea, as early as 1788. He fell into a profound depression after the death of his beloved daughter Princess Amelia, and Parliament delegated his state duties to George, Prince of Wales. [15]
15 Famous, Inspiring People in History Who Had Schizophrenia. Shelby Deering. May 31, 2024 at 10:59 AM. ... Aaron Carter revealed in 2019 that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, ...
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by changing moods, energy and concentration, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. People with bipolar disorder often fluctuate ...
Empirical and theoretical work on bipolar disorder has throughout history "seesawed" between psychological and biological ways of understanding. Despite the work of Kraepelin (1921) emphasizing the psychosocial context, conceptions of bipolar disorder as a genetically based illness dominated the 20th century. Since the 1990s, however, there has ...
Bipolar I: People with bipolar I disorder have had at least one manic episode along with a period of major depression or less severe mania. People with bipolar I can also have an episode of ...
Frances Farmer – American Hollywood actress, varyingly diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar psychosis, split personality and depression [29] Pavel Fedotov – Russian painter of the 19th century [30] Wild Man Fischer – American musician, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder [31]