The differentiating characteristic of Bipolar Disorder Type II is it contains a substance abuse or substance dependence criteria while Bipolar Disorder Type I does not.
That’s right:
Many if not most Bipolar Disorders are caused by drugs!
Cyclothymias and Depressive Disorders are also regularly caused by drugs, illegal & prescribed AND quite possibly by toxic fluoridation of our country’s drinking water supply.
See my archived commercial free show from January 24, 2009 featuring Dr. Mark Starr, MD(H)