Bipolar disorder

I have a girlfriend with bipolar disorder and watching the movie basically hits home to me. Pat Solitano is someone who I feel as if I knew in real life. I think they portrayed Pat’s mental illness particularly well and the film is extremely accurate in all of its disorders. From this assignment, I learned a more extensive look at the DSM-5 in regards to bipolar disorder. The only thing I do not like about how the movie ended is they did not fast…

the extent that one or two behaviors are mildly lingering (UpToDate, 2016). The medication may include mood stabilizer, antipsychotic, antidepressant, antidepressant-antipsychotic combination, and or anti-anxiety medications to treat Jenny for her bipolar symptoms. A physical evaluation should be ordered to obtain a base line on her physical condition and rule out any unknown mind…

The combination of loneliness and fear can lead a person to contemplate suicide. Bipolar disorder involves fluctuations in mood from states of severe depression to elevations in mood. These mood fluctuations can make it difficult to maintain a balanced life and can cause suicidal thoughts. Major depression is a leading cause of suicide throughout…

Question 1 A) The article has a lot of information on Teresa but, it would be helpful to know if other members of her family also dealt with her condition. The kind of medication, Teresa took in the past would be helpful because as the article stated she did not like the side effects. Finding new medication without any side-effects can help her a great deal. With new medication Teresa would be able to cope better with life. B) Biological Biologically Teresa has diabetes her blood glucose is…

for use in the treatment of schizophrenia, it has more recently been approved by the FDA for treatment of Bipolar I Disorder (bipolar depression) (Prescribing Information). Sunovion, the parent company that markets Latuda in the United States has begun focusing nearly all of their advertising on drawing patients to Latuda for bipolar depression. This is understandable as people with bipolar depression are a much broader audience than schizophrenics. Latuda’s ads air almost every evening on…

2005; experts attribute this rise to the FDA approving the drugs for use with anxiety, bipolar disorder, and sleep disorders (Miller). This proves helpful in cases where a person suffers multiple mental health issues. In the text of “How Antidepressants Work”, published by webmd.com, the author writes depression often accompanies other disorders like anxiety, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. These medications can be extremely useful in treating a variety of…

Zara examines the phrase “all great art comes from great pain.” This book looks many artists and their lives. He studies their lives until he finds what drove them to the brink of anguish that inspires their greatest works. Zara searches for their troubles whether it be a tragedy from their childhood, a mental illness, or everyday suffering. He considers all types of artists including but not limited to the following: Amy Winehouse, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Jane Austen. Simonton’s “Are…

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet displays clear signs of a struggle with Schizophrenia all throughout his plight following his father’s death. Among these are episodes of intense hallucination and illusion, those being during the visits of the ghost, some misguided thoughts and a loose grasp of reality, and the shifts and diction chosen in his soliloquies. In general, Hamlet displays a peculiarity and isolated nature about himself which is identical to that of a typical schizophrenic. Someone…

Mrs. Harrington is a 37-year-old Middle Eastern female whose primary language is Arabic, but she is also fluent in English. Her husband who states, “My wife is experiencing another manic episode, and is ‘out of control’, brought her to the facility today. He states that, “just this morning we were discussing how she has blown through the budget for a charity event.” “I told her that she could not spend any more money.” “She went into a rage saying that she was leaving me!” “Twenty-five minutes…

I believe she is Bipolar. The appropriate diagnosis for Kara is Bipolar I with Major Depression (F31.4), since she is currently in a depressed state. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) gives a detailed description of Bipolar I, which fits the symptoms Kara is experiencing. There are distinct periods of maniac episodes where Kara becomes…