Psychological Science and Bipolar Disorder.

Knowledge about bipolar disorder is rapidly advancing. One consequence is that current evidence about the diagnostic definitions, prevalence, phenomenology, associated features and underlying processes, risk factors and predictors, and assessment or treatment strategies for bipolar disorder is often markedly different than the conventional wisdom reflected even in recent textbooks and clinical training. This Special Issue draws together a series of reviews discussing the evidence with emphasis on the contributions of psychological science and attention to the implications for evidence-based practice. International experts from multiple disciplines provide additional commentaries that set the reviews in a global, interdisciplinary context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]