Bipolar disorder is a high degree of mood swings, it is a mental illness that causes many episodes including mania, and change in energy levels. This can cause the person to sleep very little because of how energetic they are.there are two types of disorders, Bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder. Bipolar I disorder is the most extreme to where the person starts to hallucinate, and they hear or see things that aren 't there, and bipolar II disorder is less extreme, it is the more mild one where the person has a less intense state of happiness. Bipolar disorder is caused by genetics, biological traits, brain chemical imbalance, hormonal problems, environmental factors, or could possibly not even have a cause for having it.
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Health care professionals help the patient diagnose the behavior by past experiences the patient has had, or when people such as family members, teachers, or co workers report abnormalities. Bipolar disorder is not curable but it can be treated, it includes plenty of different treatments such as many prescribed drugs that reduce mania, depression, and hypomania. Medications to avoid throwing tantrums and mood swings. The psychologist can also consider a change in the patients life style, for example a change in their eating habits such as eating healthy, getting more sleep, and being more involved in physical activities. When none of these treatments work, people with bipolar disorder might be hospitalized, it depends on how severe their situation is at the moment such as trying to hurt themselves or others, or being at risk of doing something more dangerous, the medical members take in consideration to have them hospitalized until the patient is in better …show more content…
Bipolar II disorder is the more mild one where the patient has less mania and depression, and bipolar I disorder is the more extreme one where the patient hallucinates and has a more extreme mania. Over ten million people in the United States has bipolar disorder according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They range between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five of both sexes. Although it is a serious disorder that needs several therapies and attention a person can lead a very healthy and normal life even with the
Health care professionals help the patient diagnose the behavior by past experiences the patient has had, or when people such as family members, teachers, or co workers report abnormalities. Bipolar disorder is not curable but it can be treated, it includes plenty of different treatments such as many prescribed drugs that reduce mania, depression, and hypomania. Medications to avoid throwing tantrums and mood swings. The psychologist can also consider a change in the patients life style, for example a change in their eating habits such as eating healthy, getting more sleep, and being more involved in physical activities. When none of these treatments work, people with bipolar disorder might be hospitalized, it depends on how severe their situation is at the moment such as trying to hurt themselves or others, or being at risk of doing something more dangerous, the medical members take in consideration to have them hospitalized until the patient is in better …show more content…
Bipolar II disorder is the more mild one where the patient has less mania and depression, and bipolar I disorder is the more extreme one where the patient hallucinates and has a more extreme mania. Over ten million people in the United States has bipolar disorder according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They range between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five of both sexes. Although it is a serious disorder that needs several therapies and attention a person can lead a very healthy and normal life even with the