Bipolar Disorder: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments. Bipolar is a mental disorder characterized by extreme shifts in mood, with fluctuations in energy and activity levels. During these abnormal shifts, the patient commonly finds it difficult to complete everyday tasks. Bipolar disorder used to be known as manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that can destroy relationships, undermine career prospects, and seriously affect academic performance.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book in the series, begins directly after the events of the sixth book. Lord Voldemort has completed his ascension to power and gained control of the Ministry of Magic.
Harry as an infant faces death for the first time at the hands of Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter was born on 31 July, 1980 to Lily and James Potter, members of the original Order of the Phoenix at the height of the First Wizarding War; he was born only hours after his classmate-to-be Neville Longbottom. From birth, he lived in hiding with his parents after Voldemort marked them for death.