research bipolar disorder. This runs in my family. My mom and grandfather both have bipolar both to a different degree of severity. I have always kind of understood what it all entails but never really looked it up. Bipolar disorder is where people go back and forth between periods of good moods and depression. The mood swings between mania and depression can be very quick. The cause of bipolar is unknown but is seen in relatives of people who have it. In most people with bipolar disorder‚ life changes
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Bipolar Disorder: Its Causes and Effects At least 2 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder‚ more commonly known as manic-depression. This illness usually begins in adolescence or early adulthood and continues throughout life. Although it may come into affect at any time‚ most individuals with the disorder experience their first mood episode in their 20 ’s. However‚ manic-depression quite often strike teenagers and has been diagnosed in children under 12. The risk of suicide among
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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 both
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Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric disorder also known as manic depression. It is described as a category of mood disorders. Mood disorders are defined by the presence of one or more episodes known as mania and hypomania. Bipolar disorder affects about five million Americans‚ about 3 out of every 100 adults. This disorder had been found equally in men and women. The signs and symptoms of major depressive episode are feelings of sadness‚ anxiety‚ guilt‚ anger‚ isolation
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Distinguishing Bipolar and BPD Disorders Tonjanika Boyd North Carolina Central University Introduction Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder are mood and personality disorder respectively‚ that have had many challenges amongst psychiatrist in differentiation. Not only does the two disorders share several symptoms and associated impairments‚ there is also continuing debates in the psychiatric literature about whether the two disorders actually
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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 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: A Case of Bad Genes? December 13‚ 2011 Abstract Bipolar disorder‚ formerly known as manic depression‚ is a mood disorder in which a person experiences alternating episodes of both depression and mania. Bipolar disorder affects 1 in 100 people in the world. Throughout history‚ scientists and physicians have tried to find the exact cause of the disorder‚ but only in the last 30 years been able to confirm genetics as a culprit. Advances in research have enabled scientists
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