Bipolar disorder

While reading and getting to learn more about Bipolar II disorder I had gained lots of knowledge about the disorder and what the deeper meaning of it is. Bipolar II is a disorder that has shown trace to genetic element and the stress comes as episodes. Many may hear about this disorder and think of mood swings and a big change in how a person is usually acting. It is serious because it could turn to raging moods changed and swings and could be devastating. First there is a Hypomanic Episode…

Virginia Woolf was a famous writer who was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder. She wrote many essays and short stories including A Room of One’s Own, The Voyage Out, The Year, and Between the Acts. During her earlier years she suffered greatly from the depression side of her psychological disorder. Virginia had many traumatic experiences in her lifetime including being sexually harassed by her older half-brothers and the deaths of many of her family members. When her mother died in 1895 she was…

with bipolar disorders often act in very impulsive ways when they are in a manic episode, and may also be very distant and lash out at others when they are in a depressive episode. These behaviors can deeply affect their family and close friends. Their family and friends often do not understand why their loved one is acting the way that they are. In an additional article that Nemade and Dombeck (1995-2016b) wrote, they recommend family focused therapy as a treatment option for bipolar disorders.…

Schizoaffective disorder as described in mayoclinic.org is when someone is diagnosed with a combination of schizophrenia and a separate mood disorder such as mania or depression. In the DSM 5 schizoaffective disorder actually has two classifications. F25.0 is classified as a bipolar type illness while F25.1 is classified as a depressive type. There is currently no one test available that is able to determine if someone has schizoaffective disorder. In fact schizoaffective disorder is very…

treat mental disorders by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind and bringing repressed fears into the conscious mind. And according to Personality Psychologist Sigmund Freud, it refers to the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. Three examples of depressive disorders, also known as DSM-5 depressive disorders, that would be referred to in this study would be MDD, (Major Depressive Disorder), Major Depressive Episodes, and Dysthymic Disorder,…

Mood Disorders Western Wyoming Community College Tani Larsen Approximately 20.9 million American adults suffer from a mood disorder such as depression or bipolar disorder each year (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, DBSA). This is an alarming statistic. With there being that many people suffering, it should be more well-known and discussed. Depression is one disorder that is talked about a lot. However, the severity and frequency is often overlooked. Bipolar disorder is…

Youth has been prescribed Clonazepam (5mg) once a day for anxiety. Youth reports that he does not remember being diagnosed with bipolar disorder but was prescribed Fluoxetine (20 mg) once a day for bipolar disorder. Youth reported he stopped taking the fluoxetine because it was making him sick and making his stomach hurt. John will follow up with this therapist to address the issue. Youth also reported taking a third…

treat each of these disorders is useful to categorize them and become one step close to answering the research question at hand. However, it is also essential to developing an understanding of the knowledge that can be used to treat affected patients of both disorders. It is important to note that treatment is a means of reducing symptoms, but is not synonymous with a cure for the condition. The most effective and commonly used treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder is light…

show Shameless. The show is set in the South Side of Chicago and focuses around a dysfunctional family of six children who raise themselves with the occasional appearance of a drunk father and bipolar mother. Ian, born in 1996, is the third eldest of the children. He began developing symptoms of bipolar disorder, mania and depression, in his late teens and into his early twenties. His siblings noticed his symptoms almost immediately, identifying them to be parallel to the symptoms their mother,…

call for potent prescrip-tions which just make the patient numb to their surroundings. The solutions are effective in most cases but if used wrong can cause serious damaged to the mentality of an individual. Manic Depression universally called Bipolar Disorder. Manic depression is most commonly diagnosed during a person’s teenage years. The symptoms are not always easy to identify because they have found that people in different cultures han-dle in different point of views.…