Abstract
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that negatively influences millions of lives in the world. This field deserves more attention, research, and investment, especially in developing countries like China. This article aims to explore the broader knowledge scope of bipolar disorder and is divided into 5 sections and 3 main parts. The first part introduced its various types, diagnostics procedures and methods, common symptoms, causes and risk factors, and social influences on different levels, etc. The second part introduced various treatment strategies, including commonly used ones and recently developed ones, emphasizing the research of viability and functionality of cognitive behavior therapy(CBT)’s application in treating the disorder in modern society. In the third part, the article introduced several bipolar treatment treatment phenomena in China and suggested several ways in terms of how they can be ameliorated from multiple perspectives, including treatment and diagnosis, hospital improvement, research area, and societal efforts.