is bipolar disorder and organic brain disease
Yes. Bipolar is a progressive, organic brain disease. Bipolar is a major mental disease (or disorder). Research on the major mental disorders, such a bipolar, schizophrenia, major depression, and Alzheimer's disease, shows: A) Deterioration of the brain occurs slowly over the lifespan in each of these disorders. B.) This deterioration is both structural and functional.
Bipolar Disorder is a disease of the brain (as is Schizophrenia). Table Contents: Additional Information on the Disease Process of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Written by: Dr. E. Fuller Torrey (Note: moodswing.org has added the photos and some of the more recent medical research references in this article).