Bipolar
Bipolar
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Bipolar
Bipolar disorder can also be known as manic depression. It is a lifelong condition which mostly affects the way patients feel or how they act. It is also one of the oldest known illnesses and can be a cause of serious shifts in mood, energy, racing thoughts, and bad behavior in its lows of depression. There are four different types of bipolar disorder, including the bipolar type I, bipolar type II disorder, Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (BP-NOS) and Cyclothymic Disorder. Type I bipolar is associated with a period in which an individual has episodes of severe moods particularly caused by manic depression. Bipolar type II is characteristic of elevation of an individual’s mood; however, this form of bipolar is milder. This bipolar also shows mild episodes of hypomania; however, there are alterations between hypomania episodes and severe depression periods. Cyclothymic bipolar is the third type of bipolar that has alterations between the depression periods and hypomania. These alterations do not last for long as it occurs in full depressive cases. The last type of bipolar is BP-NOS. This disorder has simultaneous periods of episodes with both manic and depressive symptoms. An individual with this condition may have racing thoughts, and sometimes their feelings are grandiose. The individual with the condition may sometimes be moody and angry.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argue that psychological diseases such as bipolar disorder cause a lot of suffering to most people across the globe. As Shamsaei, Khan, & Vanaki et al (2013) notes, the condition is characterized by different periods of relapses from mania, high self-esteem, lack of sleep and depression, which might turn to be chronic. The lifetime prevalence of this condition ranges between 2 and 4 percent. Shamsaei, Khan, & Vanaki et al argues that bipolar disorder is one of the conditions that disables people across the globe and
Student’s Name
University Affiliation
Bipolar
Bipolar disorder can also be known as manic depression. It is a lifelong condition which mostly affects the way patients feel or how they act. It is also one of the oldest known illnesses and can be a cause of serious shifts in mood, energy, racing thoughts, and bad behavior in its lows of depression. There are four different types of bipolar disorder, including the bipolar type I, bipolar type II disorder, Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (BP-NOS) and Cyclothymic Disorder. Type I bipolar is associated with a period in which an individual has episodes of severe moods particularly caused by manic depression. Bipolar type II is characteristic of elevation of an individual’s mood; however, this form of bipolar is milder. This bipolar also shows mild episodes of hypomania; however, there are alterations between hypomania episodes and severe depression periods. Cyclothymic bipolar is the third type of bipolar that has alterations between the depression periods and hypomania. These alterations do not last for long as it occurs in full depressive cases. The last type of bipolar is BP-NOS. This disorder has simultaneous periods of episodes with both manic and depressive symptoms. An individual with this condition may have racing thoughts, and sometimes their feelings are grandiose. The individual with the condition may sometimes be moody and angry.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argue that psychological diseases such as bipolar disorder cause a lot of suffering to most people across the globe. As Shamsaei, Khan, & Vanaki et al (2013) notes, the condition is characterized by different periods of relapses from mania, high self-esteem, lack of sleep and depression, which might turn to be chronic. The lifetime prevalence of this condition ranges between 2 and 4 percent. Shamsaei, Khan, & Vanaki et al argues that bipolar disorder is one of the conditions that disables people across the globe and
References: Martini, T., Czepielewski, L. T., Fijtman, A., et al. (2013). Bipolar disorder affects behavior and social skills on the Internet. Plos One, 8(11): 1-7 Peay, H. L., Rosenstein, D. L., & Biesecker, B. B. (2013). Adaptation to bipolar disorder and perceived risk to children: a survey of parents with bipolar disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 13: 327. Shamsaei, F., Khan, S. M., & Vanaki, Z., et al. (2013). Family care giving in bipolar disorder: experiences of stigma. Iran Journal of Psychiatry, 8(4): 188-194.