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Is it possible to have both bipolar and major depressive disorder?
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Yes - when the major: Depressive episode occurs in the context of bipolar disorder it is called a bipolar depression. This is distinguished from depression without mania or hypomania -which is referred to as unipolar depression.
Answered 1/11/2014
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