The Effects of Bipolar Disorder on an Individual The Effects of Bipolar Disease on an Individual How does an individual with Bipolar disorder lead a normal and productive life? Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder characterized by cycles of depression and euphoria or mania‚ the symptoms of both the depressive and manic phases can be devastating for the individual who suffers Bipolar disorder. An overview of the disease itself can give a better understanding of its process
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Copyright ª Blackwell Munksgaard 2005 Bipolar Disorders 2005: 7(Suppl. 3): 5–69 BIPOLAR DISORDERS Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: consensus and controversies Yatham LN‚ Kennedy SH‚ O’Donovan C‚ Parikh S‚ MacQueen G‚ McIntyre R‚ Sharma V‚ Silverstone P‚ Alda M‚ Baruch P‚ Beaulieu S‚ Daigneault A‚ Milev R‚ Young T‚ Ravindran A‚ Schaffer A‚ Connolly M‚ Gorman CP. Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
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Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder Depression because they share the symptoms of sadness‚ hopelessness‚ pessimism; anxiety and sleep problems; However Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Depression take very different directions. It is important that we are able to tell them apart because the treatments are very different. Making an inaccurate diagnosis can result in making the disorder worse. There are two types of mood disorders: Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder. It is believed
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The Psychopathology and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder The concept of a drastic shift in mood being classified as an illness was first described by the French psychiatrist Jean-Pierre Farlet in 1851 (Marmol‚ 2008). Farlet coined the term “Folie Circulaire” to label a disorder characterized by manic and sad episodes separated by symptom-free intervals (Marmol‚ 2008). As time passed‚ the description along with the classification changed‚ altering from an entity on its own to a unified disorder with
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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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Schizophrenia Definition Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that generally appears in late adolescence or early adulthood - however‚ it can emerge at any time in life. It is one of many brain diseases that may include delusions‚ loss of personality (flat affect)‚ confusion‚ agitation‚ social withdrawal‚ psychosis‚ and bizarre behavior. Individuals with schizophrenia may hear voices that are not there. Some may be convinced that others are reading their minds‚ controlling how they think‚ or plotting
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Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder in which a person experiences uncontrollable highs and lows. Bipolar disorder was first accurately described by Jean-Pierre Farlett as foile circulaire (circular insanity) and by Julles Baillarger as foile à double forme (double form insanity) in 1984 (Marneros and Angst‚ pg 8-9). In 1952‚ bipolar disorder was officially added to the DSM‚ referred to as manic depression. There are three different levels of bipolar disorder Bipolar I‚ Bipolar II‚ and Cyclothymia
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Bipolar disorder has been mentioned in the news quite often recently. It has been seen on entertainment gossip magazines with rumors that celebrities such as Catherine Zeta Jones and Lindsay Lohan have it. It has also been seen as a rumored diagnosis of many individuals responsible for recent public shootings such as the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting and the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic depression‚ is defined as a mood disorder or a
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Bipolar Disorder with Manic Depression Case Study 4 Latresa Jackson Abnormal Psychology-SS440 Charitie Fuller December 12‚ 2007 Bipolar Disorder with Manic Depression What is bipolar disorder; also know as manic-depressive‚ an illness involving episodes of serious manic and depression with episodes that are like an unending roller-coaster ride form the highest peak to the lowest. Bipolar disorders are of two kind‚ bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder. With bipolar I disorder is
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Bipolar Disorder By Elliott Subervi Bipolar Disorder “Bipolar disorder is a condition in which people experience abnormally elevated (manic or hypomanic) and abnormally depressed states for short‚ or significant periods of time; in a way that interferes with functioning .(web‚Md) Bipolar disorder has been estimated to affect more than 5 million Americans—about 3 out of every 100 adults. [2] It affects people without regard to age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ education or occupation. Not everyone
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