Family-Focused Treatment vs. Individual Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Running Head: Family-Focused Treatment vs. Individual Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Family-Focused Treatment vs. Individual Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Amber Reddy Ivy Tech Community College Abstract Over a nine month period‚ recently hospitalized bipolar‚ manic patients were assigned at random to participate in family-focused psycho-educational therapy or individually focused patient treatment
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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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I would rather live in a bipolar system. Before stating reasons of this preference‚ it would be useful to define polarization and bipolar system. Polarization means the union of like- minded countries into a single homogeneous unit in order to safeguard their national interests. Polarization thus‚ naturally means that various countries with similar ideas on various problems confronting the world unite around a super power with a view to giving united front. Polarization has been facilitated by
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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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Developing Skills for Studying and Learning Using Academic Literature An Evaluative Essay on Nature/Nurture in Bipolar Hayley Wilde Bipolar disorder or as it was previously called Manic Depression is a mood disorder that affects about one in a hundred people (data from where??). The Royal College of Psychiatrists (2011) states that there are four? types of Bipolar these are Bipolar I in which a person has experienced at least one manic episode that has lasted for more than one week. It says
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suffer from bipolar disorder are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder that causes shifts in moods‚ energy‚ and activity levels that make it difficult to perform everyday tasks. This disorder affects approximately 5.7 million American adults. There are four different types of bipolar disorder‚ including Bipolar I Disorder‚ Bipolar II Disorder‚ Cyclothymic Disorder‚ and Other Specified and Unspecified Bipolar and Related Disorders. Bipolar I Disorder often
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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 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 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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