McQueen et al.’s combined analysis linked this mental disorder with chromosomes 6q and 8q, but it also has been linked to CACNA1C, a gene whose mutations cause Timothy Syndrome. Symbyax, a combination of olanzapine and fluoxetine, was first developed to treat this mental disorder. It’s not epilepsy or trigeminal neuralgia, but carbamazepine, lamotrigine, which is sold as Lamictal, and valproic acid, sold as Depakote, are (*) anticonvulsants mostly used to treat this mental disorder. Mixed affective states were first diagnosed in people with this mental disorder’s “I” type before being expanded to its “II” type and the closely related condition cyclothymia (“syke-loe-THIGH-mee-uh”). For 10 points, name this mental disorder which is often treated by lithium and is characterized by swings between mania and depression. ■END■
ANSWER: bipolar disorder [or bipolar disease; or bipolar illness; or manic depression; or manic-depressive disorder; or manic-depressive illness; or bipolar affective disorder; or BPAD; prompt on cyclothymia before read; do not accept or prompt on “depression” or “depressive disorder”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Social Science>
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