An Exploratory Study on Bipolar Disorder I. Introduction Bipolar disorder is a condition that causes psychological and physical problems bad enough to affect everyday life - sometimes seriously. This disorder is also said to be one of the oldest disorders. According to the DSM-IV-TR‚ Bipolar Disorder‚ also known as Manic Depression or Bipolar Affect Disorder‚ is an extreme condition in which a person constantly changing moods‚ from a very good mood to a depressive state. A person diagnosed
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Bipolar Research paper Bipolar Disorder P. 1 Of the literal hundreds of mental disorders with which people must contend‚ few are as misrepresented as Bipolar Disorder. Fewer yet have such a social stigma bound to them. The actuality of the disorder seems to be lost somewhere between rushed diagnoses and an uniformed public. This is especially an issue as BPD knows no racial‚ social‚ or ethnic boundaries. Even those in high standing can be affected by BPD. One such case of this was Kurt Cobain’s
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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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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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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 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 Mental illness has plagued human kind for as long as we have been on this earth. The science of psychology has made great strides in past century. The stigma of being mentally ill has begun to fall away and people are finally starting to get the help that they need to recover. Bipolar disorder is one illness that we have come to more fully understand. Through assistance from a psychiatrist‚ family and medication a patient with bipolar disorder can enter remission and
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Breanna Scarberry Mrs. Forrest English III Period III 12 February 2013 http://life.familyeducation.com/obesity/social-isolation/61370.html MLA Research Paper Ever been bullied or judged someone by how they look‚ or how fat or skinny they are? What right you and other have to judge someone else. That is considered bullying‚ you know. Obesity is becoming a big problem in children and teens which is causing suicide rates and bullying rates to go up as well‚ it is not right bully someone for
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Abstract This paper will be discussing Bipolar Disorder. It will cover some of today’s diagnosis methods and treatment. The treatments covered will involve psychotherapy and antidepressant drugs. Bipolar Disorder Many refer to Bipolar Disorder as manic-depressive disorder. This disorder causes people to swing from very low depressive states to extreme highs of “mania.” When people are depressed they may feel sad‚ hopeless and lose interest in everyday activities. However‚ when their mood shifts
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Introduction Bipolar disorder is a disorder associated with episodes of mood swings going from depressive lows to manic highs. There is a controversy with bipolar disorder in youth causing difficulty in diagnosing. However‚ bipolar disorder is considered to be a repetitive familial disorder that occurs in 1-3% of youth‚ but mainly in adolescents prevalence “ The prevalence of the Bp spectrum disorders in youth is on average 1.8% and for Bp-1 1.2% with rates of BP-1 being consistent amoung most
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