I. Bipolar Disorder A. Definition B. History 1. Origin C. Society and culture 1. Prejudice 2. Social Stigma II. Signs and Symptoms A. Episodes 1. Maniac Episode 2. Depressive Episode 3. Hypomaniac episode 4. Mixed Affective Episode III. Diagnosis A. Subtypes 1‚ Bipolar I & II 2. Cyclothymic disorder B. Treatment 1. Medications 2. Therapy Bipolar disorder which is also known as the maniac depressive disorder‚ it is a brain condition
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Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: Recognition and plan of treatment for families Upper Iowa University August 3rd‚ 2014 Abstract Bipolar disorder (BD) is a serious mental illness in which a person’s mood will alternate between mania and depression; and where what would be considered common emotions will become powerfully as well as unpredictably exaggerated. Bipolar disorder is also referred to as manic-depressive illness. While bipolar disorder is less common than depression at least fifteen
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Bipolar is a complex physiological and psychological disorder that can impact and control a person ’s thinking and activity in their daily life. The name Bipolar or manic depressive illness refers to the fact that the person who suffers from the disease goes from one extreme of mania to one of depression. As I was growing up‚ I had an anger problem. When I was about 11 or 12‚ my mom and I got into a huge fight. She was talking to me very calmly and telling me over and over that she loved me
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Bipolar II Postpartum Depression: Detection‚ Diagnosis‚ and Treatment Sharma‚ Verinder; Burt‚ Vivien K‚ MD‚ PhD; Ritchie‚ Hendrica L‚ MD. The American Journal of Psychiatry166. 11 (Nov 2009): 1217-21. Bipolarity and the Postpartum Period Bipolar spectrum disorder generally includes bipolar I disorder‚ bipolar II disorder‚ and bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (1). Bipolar I disorder is characterized by recurrent episodes of mania and depression‚ while bipolar II disorder is defined as
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Bipolar 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
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Bipolar Bipolar is a mental disorder that some people have. Bipolar affects your daily life in school‚ relationships‚ and work places. There is no cure yet‚ but there is treatment. Many tend to ignore their or not recognize the symptoms. The disorder can get so severe it can have a great ability on how you function. Bipolar also has the symptoms and treatment so people can live a normal life. Bipolar is found in children‚ teens and adults. Bipolar is a disorder in the brain that causes mood
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is known as Bipolar disorder‚ which is also known as manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally. It usually starts between ages 15 - 25. The exact cause is unknown‚ but it occurs more often in relatives of people with bipolar disorder (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth). Bi-polar disorder is a brain disorder that causes abnormal changes in the mood‚ energy‚ activity levels‚ and the inability to carry out day-to-day tasks. The symptoms of bipolar disorder can
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Bipolar disorder is one of the oldest known illnesses. Extensive research reveals that there was some mention of the symptoms in early medical records‚ which date back to the 1600’s. Bipolar was first noticed as far back as the second century. Aretaeus of Cappadocia (a city in ancient Turkey) first recognized some symptoms of mania and depression‚ and felt they could be linked to each other. Aretaeus’s findings went unnoticed and unsubstantiated until 1650‚ when a scientist named Richard Burton wrote
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Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder In the world today Bipolar Disorder Abstract This article reviews the current state of the literature on the assessment of bipolar disorder in adults. Research on reliable and valid measures for bipolar disorder has unfortunately lagged behind assessment research for other disorders‚ such as major depression. We review diagnostic tools‚ self-report measures
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Bipolar Disorder TC Bulger MCI University Bipolar Disorder Over the years there have been many misconceptions about what bipolar disorder is‚ what the symptoms are‚ and how it is treated. Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic-depressive illness‚ is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood‚ energy‚ activity levels‚ and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. A person who has “mood swings” does not automatically qualify them for a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
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