Bipolar Disorders & Depression Bipolar disorder and depression are very similar illnesses with one major difference: people with bipolar disorder switch between episodes of depression and mania (Hedy Marks‚ The Difference Between Bipolar Disorder and Depression‚ p. 1). Some people who are diagnosed with depression may actually have bipolar disorder because people with bipolar disorder often only seek treatment during a depressive episode. These disorders are similar in several ways; therefore
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). Bipolar depression is also known as manic-depressive disorder. According to Wikipedia‚ it is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one
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Bipolar Disorder and Quality Care Mental illness has become more prevalent to the nursing world. Bipolar disorder is one of the more common mental illnesses that affect many of the patients. It is a chronic disease with recurring episodes of mania and depression that can lasts for days to months. These symptoms can have a negative impact on the patient’s life. A person can feel overwhelmed‚ a loss of control‚ loss of autonomy‚ and feeling flawed after an episode of bipolar disorder. A qualitative
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multiple disorders‚ including bipolar disorder. People with bipolar disorder tend to become irritable. “An episode can include disturbance of mood accompanied by other ongoing symptoms and causing significant stress‚ disability‚ or both” (Bruce). “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change” (Shelley‚ 187). This quote is saying that the monster doesn’t like change‚ because with him being bipolar change can cause his mood to drastically change. He has bipolar disorder because
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BIPOLAR: HUMAN BEHAVIOR OR DISEASE? Thesis Statement: 1. Bipolar disorder can affect an individual‚ most especially in socializing with other people and coping with the society. I. Introduction II. Bipolar Disease/Disorder A. Bipolar Disorder B. Bipolar Disorder Harder on Youngsters III. Symptoms of a person with a Bipolar Disorder A. Mood Mapping B. Bipolar Disease a. Symptoms b. Cause IV. Treatment to Bipolar Disorder A. Creativity Closely
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with Bipolar Disoder Laura McMahon Holmes Community College What Causes Bipolar Disorder to Occur Living from day to day with a mental illness‚ such as bipolar disorder‚ can take over somebody’s life with the struggles given to them and the ones that care about them. Bipolar Disorder is not necessarily something that people are born with. It can be passed down through genetics‚ but it can also take place at any time in somebody’s life. Stressors are things that can create bipolar disorder‚ such
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Bipolar Disorder: Prevalence of Misdiagnoses & Comorbidity Liberty University Abstract Bipolar disorder is a complex and disabling psychiatric disorder that has been frequently misdiagnosed for years (Ghaemi‚ Ko‚ & Goodwin‚ 2002). The most current research suggests that 69 percent of those who have bipolar disorder were initially misdiagnosed (Tracy‚ 2013). A common challenge clinicians face when attempting to accurately diagnosis bipolar disorder is the factor of comorbidity
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I. INTRODUCTION A client diagnosed with Bipolar I disorder‚ such as Mary Ann Garces‚ intrigues and challenged the student nurses to applying onto the practical field‚ their acquired knowledge‚ attitude and skills from preceding lessons in order to function as an operative and effective member of the multidisciplinary team. The group members are determined to broaden their knowledge concerning the disorder‚ particularly in the various methods in which they are supposed to
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Today I’m going to be talking about bipolar disorder. It is a disorder that effects a lot of people around the world and is very harmful. It makes you depressed and feel like you don’t like yourself and makes you have lots of crazy episodes and makes some people go crazy. Bipolar disorder is a very serious disorder that makes you go crazy and makes you have lots of crazy episodes‚ and puts you in serious depression .It also brings lots of high and low moods and changes your sleep‚ energy‚ thinking
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Bipolar disorder is a serious mental health disorder if not being treated the disorder can take over a person’s life. Bipolar disorder consists of mania and depression episodes that can change time to time. According to the article “Medication prescribing patterns for patients with bipolar I disorder in hospital settings: adherence to published practice guidelines” (Lim‚ 2001)‚ an examination was performed to compare medication prescribing in hospitals to recently released of expert’s consensus guidelines
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