Bipolar disorder is a condition commonly known for the rapid change of moods. It is an illness where noticeable changes can be seen, and many individuals have this condition that they struggle with every day. This disorder falls into the psychiatric illnesses category. Bipolar disorder is actually a group of disorders, which are usually characterized as manic and depressive as well as hypomanic episodes, as well as abnormal episodes. There is two types of bipolar disorders, considering bipolar disorder is very complicated to diagnose, doctors are currently looking for a better way to this.
Group of Disorders In present day today bipolar disorder is now referred to a group of affective disorders. Patients experience episodes of depression, …show more content…
It is actually proven that only “20 percent” of patients that are looking for an answer to their illness within a year actually achieve it. This is due to the fact that it looks so similar to depression, but Bipolar disorder type II is even more of an obstacle to “diagnose accurately.” This is all because of the “difficulty in differentiation of this disorder from recurrent unipolar depression in depressed patients.” Usually recurrent unipolar depression is hard to diagnosis as well because of the lack of depression history. Once it keeps on occurring it’s clear to see that the patient is experiencing recurrent unipolar depression, so it is common for physicians to take some time to diagnosis this. Bipolar disorder type I and II is when an individual has depressive and manic episodes. They are very similar, yet they do seem to have differences. Bipolar disorder type II is actually a milder form of mood elevation than bipolar type I. Although, bipolar type II is described to be more calm when depression kicks in it seems to have a more severe depression rate. Doctors have a hard time noticing the mood changes because like originally said it is a more mild version, and before this more than likely patients had not experienced such episodes. Although, it may be hard to diagnosis this, the change in behavior is still noticeable because a depressed person does not let an ounce of happiness into their …show more content…
Therefore, “additional clinical rating scales” would be a huge benefit to help detecting the first few symptoms of someone who may be experiencing bipolarness. These scales are self-administered as well a clinician- administered that have been developed to improve the accuracy. With this being said this device would help with early detection. The scales would also help detect whether the patient is experiencing bipolar disorder for people with a history of depression or either unipolar disorder. This could also clearly help see the levels of depression a patient is having and determine whether it may be severe or not. Another great advantage that has been brought up is that “short duration hypomania” is now looked more into and has been more highly acknowledged. Assessments are also something that has been looked into and are more carefully administered as well as they are now all done on all patients who may be experiencing depression. Finally, the more successful way that has been brought up is “neuroimaging”. Observing the activity of the brain can help better inform the physician so that he or she can better diagnose the condition. From studies it is believed that “differential patterns” are seen and can help distinguish the
Group of Disorders In present day today bipolar disorder is now referred to a group of affective disorders. Patients experience episodes of depression, …show more content…
It is actually proven that only “20 percent” of patients that are looking for an answer to their illness within a year actually achieve it. This is due to the fact that it looks so similar to depression, but Bipolar disorder type II is even more of an obstacle to “diagnose accurately.” This is all because of the “difficulty in differentiation of this disorder from recurrent unipolar depression in depressed patients.” Usually recurrent unipolar depression is hard to diagnosis as well because of the lack of depression history. Once it keeps on occurring it’s clear to see that the patient is experiencing recurrent unipolar depression, so it is common for physicians to take some time to diagnosis this. Bipolar disorder type I and II is when an individual has depressive and manic episodes. They are very similar, yet they do seem to have differences. Bipolar disorder type II is actually a milder form of mood elevation than bipolar type I. Although, bipolar type II is described to be more calm when depression kicks in it seems to have a more severe depression rate. Doctors have a hard time noticing the mood changes because like originally said it is a more mild version, and before this more than likely patients had not experienced such episodes. Although, it may be hard to diagnosis this, the change in behavior is still noticeable because a depressed person does not let an ounce of happiness into their …show more content…
Therefore, “additional clinical rating scales” would be a huge benefit to help detecting the first few symptoms of someone who may be experiencing bipolarness. These scales are self-administered as well a clinician- administered that have been developed to improve the accuracy. With this being said this device would help with early detection. The scales would also help detect whether the patient is experiencing bipolar disorder for people with a history of depression or either unipolar disorder. This could also clearly help see the levels of depression a patient is having and determine whether it may be severe or not. Another great advantage that has been brought up is that “short duration hypomania” is now looked more into and has been more highly acknowledged. Assessments are also something that has been looked into and are more carefully administered as well as they are now all done on all patients who may be experiencing depression. Finally, the more successful way that has been brought up is “neuroimaging”. Observing the activity of the brain can help better inform the physician so that he or she can better diagnose the condition. From studies it is believed that “differential patterns” are seen and can help distinguish the