Bipolar mood disorders were earlier referred to as _________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Manic-depressive disorders
Option (1) Generalised anxiety disorder — Incorrect. It consists of prolonged, vague, unexplained and intense fears not attached to any particular object, with worry about the future and hypervigilance. It is an anxiety disorder, not a mood disorder.
Option (2) Obsessive Compulsive disorder — Incorrect. People with this disorder cannot control their preoccupation with specific ideas or stop themselves from repeatedly carrying out an act, such as washing their hands. It has nothing to do with swings of mood.
Option (3) Manic-depressive disorders — Correct. Bipolar I disorder involves both mania and depression, alternately present and sometimes broken by periods of normal mood. Since manic episodes usually alternate with depression, bipolar mood disorders were earlier referred to as manic-depressive disorders.
Option (4) Delusions of persecution — Incorrect. These are a symptom of schizophrenia: the false belief that one is being plotted against, spied on or deliberately victimised. A symptom is not an old name for a disorder.
NCERT (2025-26): “Bipolar and Related Disorders … Bipolar I disorder involves both mania and depression, which are alternately present and sometimes interrupted by periods of normal mood. Manic episodes rarely appear by themselves; they usually alternate with depression. Bipolar mood disorders were earlier referred to as manic-depressive disorders. Some examples of types of bipolar and related disorders include Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II disorder and Cyclothymic Disorder.…” |