Picture yourself enjoying your summer by going to an amusement park, and after waiting endless hours in line, it's finally your turn to ride the roller coaster.Going up the roller coaster tension and stress controls your body, but in just a few seconds , as you go down the roller coaster you will feel happy. Bipolar disorder which is the fourth most important cause of worldwide disability in 15-45 year-olds (Clinical review) feels exactly the same way as roller coaster ride would feel. Bipolar disorder, or BPD, is a condition which prevails amongst the youth and affects them for the rest of their lives. BPD affects a person’s mood causing it to constantly fluctuate between manic and depressive phases. Because Bipolar disorder is a complex physiological
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Its either the happy phase of mania or the saddened stage of depression. About 40% of patients with bipolar disorder are initially diagnosed with major (or unipolar) depression, which does not involve mood swings or mania (Marsee). If depression is not detected mania is much harder to detect because being “extremely happy”, is harder for some people seeing is as an irregularity. studies show that about half of those experiencing mania don't realize they are manic. “The patients often don't have insight into their manic symptoms. They either don't remember it, or they deny it,To diagnose bipolar disorder, psychiatrists may enlist the assistance of family members who will share details about suspected mania or hypomania, a milder form of mania that's much less noticeable(Marsee). Diagnosing BPD is complicated amongst adults, however it appears that diagnosing BPD in kids is more complicated because there are mental disorders like cyclothymia and ADHD which are normally misdiagnosed with each other. Attention deficit hyperactive disorder or ADHD is a chronic condition, including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. “Bipolar disorder in children is especially difficult to distinguish from ADHD, since they share a number of symptoms — impulsiveness, distractibility, and hyperactivity. Up to 30% of children originally diagnosed with ADHD eventually receive a diagnosis of bipolar disorder”(Watson). Another mental disorder that is normally misdiagnosed in kids is cyclothymia. Cyclothymia is a mental state characterized by marked swings of mood between depression and elation. Cyclothymia is considered a type of bipolar disorder, however, cyclothymia and bipolar disorder have different types of diagnosis with different types of treatment. The mood shifts in cyclothymia aren't as
Its either the happy phase of mania or the saddened stage of depression. About 40% of patients with bipolar disorder are initially diagnosed with major (or unipolar) depression, which does not involve mood swings or mania (Marsee). If depression is not detected mania is much harder to detect because being “extremely happy”, is harder for some people seeing is as an irregularity. studies show that about half of those experiencing mania don't realize they are manic. “The patients often don't have insight into their manic symptoms. They either don't remember it, or they deny it,To diagnose bipolar disorder, psychiatrists may enlist the assistance of family members who will share details about suspected mania or hypomania, a milder form of mania that's much less noticeable(Marsee). Diagnosing BPD is complicated amongst adults, however it appears that diagnosing BPD in kids is more complicated because there are mental disorders like cyclothymia and ADHD which are normally misdiagnosed with each other. Attention deficit hyperactive disorder or ADHD is a chronic condition, including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. “Bipolar disorder in children is especially difficult to distinguish from ADHD, since they share a number of symptoms — impulsiveness, distractibility, and hyperactivity. Up to 30% of children originally diagnosed with ADHD eventually receive a diagnosis of bipolar disorder”(Watson). Another mental disorder that is normally misdiagnosed in kids is cyclothymia. Cyclothymia is a mental state characterized by marked swings of mood between depression and elation. Cyclothymia is considered a type of bipolar disorder, however, cyclothymia and bipolar disorder have different types of diagnosis with different types of treatment. The mood shifts in cyclothymia aren't as