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Kavitha R R
Kamalam S
Bipolar disorder is a common, chronic and severe mental disorder, affecting approximately 1- 2% of the adult population. Bipolar disorder causes substantial psychosocial m orbidity that frequently affects the patient's marriage, children, occupation, and other aspects of the patient's life. Few studies have examined the functional impairment in patients with affective illness. Bipolar disorder is a very serious condition ass ociated with impulsive and self -destructive behavior. Bipolar suicidal thoughts behaviors are frequent, as are impulsive sexual behaviors and reckless spending. Not surprisingly, families are frequently deeply affected by their bipolar member, and themselv es experience a range of deeply felt emotions, not the least of which is a sense of helplessness to fix bipolar symptoms. With appropriate drug treatment, only about 40 percent of recovered patients will suffer relapses. The functional consequences of bipolar disorders are staggering. Bipolar disorder is the 6 th leading cause of years lost to disability among all medical conditions according to World Health Organization 2001 report. Knowing about functional level and how to improve the level of function, understanding about the consequences are too important for health care professional.
Keywords: Bpad, Bipolar, Functions of BD