Bipolar disorder

In order to understand how mental illness contributes to addiction requires knowledge of both the diseases and how they affect each other. A vast majority of addicts suffer from mental health disorders, especially anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder. People with untreated mental health problems start using depressants and narcotics in order to self-medicate themselves. On the other hand, there are some cases where an individual begins to develop the signs of a mental illness shortly after…

It is believed that bipolar disorder is correlated with suicidal ideation. In a meta-analysis, performed by Oquendo, Currier, and Man (), they took studies from the past 30 years that indicated individuals who have expressed to act on suicidal tendencies in disorders such as major depressive and bipolar disorder, with the goal of identifying indicators of suicidal ideation. A major issue that was crossed was the elusiveness of their goal as being able to identify suicidal tendencies. Their…

The incidence of mental disorders, like bipolar disorder, in modern day society has increased drastically over recent years. As a direct result of the increasing number of new cases each year, its portrayal in our culture’s media through television shows, movies, and other sources has also increased. The film, Silver Linings Playbook, demonstrates this increasing portrayal of mental disorders in our society’s media, but more importantly brings up the question of whether this portrayal accurately…

Mental illness Treatment The misconception that most people cannot take medicine to control their mental illness is a lie. Mental illness treatment (medicine). There are good things about mental illness medication. Mentally ill people are not faking their behavior, there are different medicines and treatment that has changed tremendously over the years. There are a lot of different mental illness that people are diagnosed with. People are also misdiagnosed, with the wrong mental…

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that causes an individual to lose their understanding and grasp on reality. The disorder is chronic and severe and can have very adverse effects on individuals diagnosed such as auditory and visual hallucinations, combined with episodes of intense paranoia and bizarre thoughts and actions. Schizophrenia induces these hallucinations and feelings of paranoia and can distort a person's ability to differentiate between where the hallucinations end and reality…

Doctors still find it difficult to diagnose this mental illness, as not long ago, it was often confused with Unipolar Disorder Schizophrenia. However, in today's world, there is a better understanding of mental illness. Psychiatrists usually base the diagnosis on abnormal behavior reported by the patient's parents, teachers, or close friends. Psychotherapy is also a very useful tool for a diagnoses. Signs detected during sessions are taken into consideration. Along with evaluations, there are…

Psychological disorders and mental health issues in today’s society affect many people in a variety of ways. Many people in society are often stigmatized and labeled because of a psychological disorder shunning them from society, the work place, schools, friends, and more. However, recently through my research I see how many people are working their jobs, handling their careers, never stop working and aspiring with their goals, and face varied challenges at home, work, and out socially using a…

While studying chapter fourteen ‘psychological disorders’ we were able to understand, classify, and label psychological disorders. During this process we were given a task to analyze a movie based around psychological disorders. For this task, I chose the movie ”Call me Crazy” which is a movie composed of five different short films. Uniquely made, all the stories were emotionally touching and really brought to life the different psychological disorders individuals face worldwide. Yes, all five…

Sweethearts. It was insightful to learn more about bipolar disorders (BD) from others who live with this disease. Landrio stated that it is challenging for men to talk about bipolar because our society focuses on men being strong and hiding their feelings. They are not supposed to show pain. He described the disease by stating that you feel like an outcast, unable to relate to others. Group therapy can be extremely therapeutic and effective for bipolar patients because it helps them connect…

“Research shows that the risk for suicide is associated with changes in the brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, including serotonin.”(Gorman, L. M ). People who have mental disorders have shown a decrease in serotonin.. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has created the Suicidal Behavior Disorder (Gorman, L. M.). This is when a person who has initiated a behavior with the expectation that it would lead to the individual’s…