Bipolar Disorder in the Primary Care Setting Mental disorders can severely affect an individual’s cognition and functionality. “Bipolar disorder (BD) represents a major public health concern; the World Health Organization (WHO) ranks BD as the sixth leading cause of years lost due to disability in young adults” (Rosa et al., 2010, p. 984). A case of a 24-year-old patient (Carla) with history of major depression and substance abuse was presented. Carla’s primary care physician (Dr. Benson) had been contacted by the patient’s concerned mother (Sandy) due to Carla’s increasingly erratic behavior.…
Bi-Polar depression is most prevalent can very severe. However, the good news is that it can be treated. Don’t worry about it, but ensure that the depressed person contacts a therapist who can advise him/her with appropriate treatment and medication. Regular visits with a therapist are important so the person can interrelate and talk about his/her feelings which he/she may not find possible with family and friends.…
It [Manic Bipolar] can cause crippling anxiety. Worrying about leaving the house, worrying about what could go wrong if you got out of bed. It [Manic Bipolar] is a constant struggle, dehabilitating you for as long as it wants to. From making you overly aggressive, hostile, angry, to turning you into a crying mess, overtly sensitive, or just making you a laughing overtly excited mess, you don't function correctly. Panic.…
People on medications who suffer from mental illness may not feel like themselves, so many people fear losing their true selves. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes unusual and extreme shifts in a person’s functioning, mood and behavior further conveyed through erratic mood swings. However, the symptoms delusions of grandeur, and racing thoughts get in the way. It’s very important to be understood when dealing with a mental illness. In addition, working out the manic episodes might be a hassle.…
Irritability may become the prominent feature of the manic phase of bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder frequently goes unrecognized, and people suffer from years before receiving a proper diagnoses and treatment. Bipolar disorders are part of larger umbrella of disorders, mood disorders, which refer to disturbances in how people feel.…
Joan Crawford. Bipolar disorder, or formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes acute mood swings such as emotional highs and lows. Examples of emotional highs are mania and hypomania, whereas lows are things down the line of depression. Further symptoms into the emotional highs and lows of bipolar disorder include increased activity, being abnormally upbeat, experiencing racing thoughts, poor decision making, depressed mood, insomnia, etc. Specifically in the movie, a couple examples of bipolar disorder were when Joan and Christina were swimming, and at the moment when Mrs. Crawford found Tina in her room, playing with her belongings.…
“A vivid Imagination is awesome a Manic Imagination is a curse. (Paskavich)” Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, is defined as a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs and lows. Different from the average person’s ups and downs that we go through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are extreme. They can lead to damages in relationships, poor job, and school performance.…
The third edition of Psychology by Richard Griggs states that “bipolar disorder is an emotional roller coaster, with the person’s mood swinging from manic highs to depressive lows [Griggs, Psychology].” This diagnosis seems to be…
Bipolar issue, otherwise called hyper depressive sickness, is a cerebrum issue that causes surprising movements in state of mind, vitality, action levels, and the capacity to complete everyday errands. Side effects of bipolar issue are serious. They are not quite the same as the ordinary good and bad times that everybody experiences now and again. Bipolar issue side effects can bring about harmed connections, poor occupation or school execution, and even suicide. In any case, bipolar issue can be dealt with, and individuals with this sickness can lead full and profitable lives.…
Topic: Bipolar Depression Purpose Statement: To inform about what is the cause of bipolar depression, and how you can treat it. Thesis: The bipolar disorder is a cause of the depressive moods or lows of mental disorder. Introduction Attention Getter: Sometimes we all have bad days, and even good days, but these sudden changes in our mind and body is not just a simple change, it can be a sign of a very serious problem that is “bipolar depression”.…
You could write article after article and you probably would be little closer to understanding manic depression. Why is this? It is because we are dealing with physicality, mentality and emotions. We are dealing with every aspect of our being and we are dealing with aspects that are out of whack. That is why we are going through the alphabet using a word with each letter to try and get our arms around this topic and, we may go through the alphabet twice or three times.…
It is also characterized by profound mood symptoms that include episodes of mania and depression. Bipolar disorder is classified to different types, Bipolar I and Bipolar II. Bipolar I disorder is having manic symptoms that are so severe and that the depressive episodes occur and last for at least 2 weeks. On the other hand,…
This disorder mainly affects teenagers and can be even worse if the person has other disorders such as anxiety or depression. Being bipolar means that you struggle with having very different moods that change randomly. The states of bipolar illness are: manic/ hypomanic episodes (feeling high), depressive episodes (feeling low), mixed episodes (feeling high and low at the same time), or psychotic episodes. During the manic/hypomanic episodes one feels very happy, energetic, confident, adventurous, etc. which can make someone seem very friendly and active.…
Bipolar disorder includes mood swings that cause different moods in a person at different times, these are called episodes. There are two types of episodes, there are manic and depressive episodes. Manic episodes being the state of mania, and depressive being the state of depression. These episodes often tend to be more frequent in children and teens. It is because of this that bipolar disorder can have a negative effect on a teenagers every day life.…
George Lawler is a thirty-five year old who lives in a small community. He is married to Cheryl and is the father of two children. He is a physical education teacher at a small junior college. He also coaches the men and women’s track team. George has experienced many ups and downs with his psychological problems.…