[T]he multiplication of bipolar diagnoses [based on mood swings]… [turns] regular variations in human moods into pathology.
… In children, the diagnosis has increased by over 400%.
… Yet doctors often feel safer encouraging patients who report mood swings to go on long-term and even lifelong medication. The same drugs that were once sold to temper the manic episode are now rebranded as prophylactics, necessary not to treat the episode but to stop it happening again.