Individual research Paper Claudine Robinson CSNL 526 January 12‚ 2012 Dr. Michelle McGuire Individual research Paper Bipolar Manic Depression Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness that affect between 0.8% and 1.6% of the population that is at least one out of every 100 persons. It affects women as well as men and usually starts somewhere around a person’s teens or late twenties. This particular depression has to do with mood swings and causes people to go from highs/cheerful and blissful
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Kierrah Thomas Mr. Hamilton English 1020 17 September 2014 Schizophrenia vs. Bipolar Disorder: How to Cope With Diagnosed Family Member What is a psychiatric disorder? When you ask many people what a psychiatric disorder is‚ the first thing they associate it with is mental hospitals‚ psychopaths‚ and crazy‚ dysfunctional people. But in all honesty‚ the only people who understand what psychiatric patients are dealing with are doctors‚ psychologist‚ and the family members that have to interact
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Bipolar Disorder Julie L. Pettrone Psychology 101-48 Mrs. Pamela Lusk July 22‚ 2010 Bipolar Disorder 2 As stated by Monica Basco‚ in The Bipolar Workbook (2006)‚ Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels‚ cognition‚ and mood and one or more depressive episodes. The elevated moods are referred to as mania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also experience
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for many ailments‚ and it is sought after more when it comes to one’s child. Diagnosing colds‚ flu and typical childhood diseases are second nature for doctors. What about psychological disorders‚ in particular the diagnosing of bipolar disorder in teenagers. The number of adolescence being diagnosed with bipolar has increased at an astonishing rate of 40-fold in the past decade (Dr. Mark Zimmerman‚ Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior). While there is validity in a small percentage
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1. Ellen would be Diagnosed with the Bipolar subtype‚ Bipolar ll. Bipolar II is characterized by major depressive episodes alternating with hypomanic episodes. This is due to Ellen describing having severe depression as well as panic attacks. Ellen experiences months of being in a major depressed state and has described herself as being unhappy through most of her life‚ with no long periods of feeling good. She also described having many episodes of abnormally elevated moods that have also lasted
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Bipolar and Narcissistic: A Study of Personality Disorders Extreme mood swings punctuated by periods of generally even-keeled behavior‚ is how bipolar disorder is defined as. Bipolar disorder symptoms usually do not show up until a person is in their mid-twenties and continues throughout their life. The disorder can be treated but without treatment it can cause major problems in that person’s life. Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depressive illness. It is a brain disorder that can cause
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comes to mind. Entering the taboo world of mental illness‚ stigmatized as the crazy and psychotic by decades of misunderstanding‚ Marya Hornbacher takes a step towards reversing those damages by telling her own story in a memoir titled Madness: A Bipolar Life‚ in an attempt to shed some light and insight on the world of manic depression. She details her struggle with the disease that spawned multitudes of problems for her all throughout her life. To examine how she reconstructs her state of mind
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went on‚ the behaviors Romeo was showing seemed similar to having depression. At first he would display behaviors of impulsive energy that resembled hyperactivity and then have weeks of being in a sad state‚ which depicted him of possibly having bipolar disorder. Among Romeo’s many behaviors‚ the most common would be his noticeably fast talking when he is excited to say something or share an event he had planned for the family. We would refer to this as him having‚ "one of those days". For example‚
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Bipolar II disorder affects 5.7 million Americans over the age of 18. (Mary C. Townsend‚ 2015. pg.499) There is a stigma associated with this disorder but‚ what many don’t know is when properly diagnosed and treated‚ one can lead a fairly uninterrupted life. Bipolar II is often misdiagnosed as “major depression”. It is characterised by periodic runs of major depression with occasional manifestation of hypomania. Hypomania is the primary symptom that differentiates the diagnosis. In the following
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Abnormal Psychology | Unipolar and Bipolar Depression | Causes‚ Symptoms‚ and Treatment | Shawn M Best 10/16/2011 | Identifying the causes of unipolar and bipolar depression can be a complicated task because there are no known exact causes‚ just theories. These theories include chemical and hormonal imbalances within the brain‚ a misfiring of ion activity‚ and inherited genetics or biological abnormalities (Comer‚ 2005). Individuals who suffer with unipolar depression‚ which
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