When the "switch process" occurs more than four times per year, the client is said to have a:
a. concurrent dissociative disorder
b. rapid cycling bipolar disorder
c. cyclothymic pattern
d. continuous cycling manic depression
B
Rapid cyclers are defined as individuals who switch from episodes of euphoria to episodes of depression. Rapid cyclers are defined as individuals who have four or more episodes in a year. Although the overall incidence of bipolar disorder does not differ much between men and women, nearly all rapid cyclers are women.
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