Opinion: Psychopathological contents of bipolar disorders, methods of evaluation and treatment

Bipolar disorder is a common and debilitating disease that affects people from adolescence to old edge and has a pronounced negative impact on the physical mental health, as well as on the social and financial well-being of the individual and society. Bipolar disorder is often undiagnosed, inadequately treated and associated with a negative outcome. Knowledge of the epidemiological and treatment characteristics of bipolar disorder is of gret importance for planning the appropriate treatment of depression, its timely detection in order to reduce the farreaching conseqences on an individual and social level. Epidemiological data on Bipolar disoreder are missing in our country. The study examines the hospital prevalence of bipolar disorder in period 2020 – 2025 with diagnosis Hypomania F31.0 , manic without psychotic sumptoms F31.1, manic with psychotic symptoms F31.2. The results indicate a lack of diagnosis, a late start of treatment that predominantly comes down to long – term hospital treatment without pre- and post- hospital follow up of patients with bipolar disorder. Such findings underscore the need to adresss the stigma of bipolar disorder and to develop a comprehensive system for early diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of the disorder, especialy in terms of gender specificity. Keywords: adults, bipolar disorder, treatment DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/120-04 Publication date: March 30th 2026