Bipolar I disorder

“Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior.” (“Mental Illness." Mayo Clinic. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2017.) For thousands of years yoga has been an effective form of meditation and relaxation, helping reduces stress and other symptoms in psychiatric patients throughout the world. “Yoga is a widely practiced form of meditation and relaxation, with ap- proximately 20 million regular yoga practitioners in the U.S. and…

Sam Kean sat atop my bedroom dresser. When I learned my aunt was diagnosed with Schizophrenia, I turned through the tear-stained pages and found out that she was in battle against her own brain. Mid 2012, I experienced an event that altered my entire life when my aunt, Kulbir Kaur, at the age of 28, was announced dead after taking her own life. I was enrolled as a student at California State University of East Bay at the time and on my visits back home, I could not understand why staying in a…

3. Describe the similarities and differences between depression and bipolar disorder. Include their causes, symptoms, and treatment. Similarities: Depression and bipolar disorder are both mood disorders that include severe sadness that inhibits daily functioning. This intense sadness can manifest as feelings of hopelessness. A person may recognize a cognitive change, for example, having pessimistic or guilty thoughts. Often people who are experiencing bouts of sadness notice that they may be…

Schizoaffective disorder involves the characteristics of schizophrenia and mood disorders. Diagnosing schizoaffective disorder includes assessing a patient’s history and current symptoms. Amy, a 25-year-old mixed Asian and Caucasian woman is the focus of the case study. Misdiagnosis can include bipolar or schizophrenia, proper assessment of both history and current symptoms are necessary for correct diagnosis. Treatment of schizoaffective disorder consists of medications, psychotherapy,…

Treatment Plan Case Study One The client, Jillian presents several symptoms that can relate to Bipolar I Disorder criterion for diagnosis. The conclusion for the diagnosis was concluded after analyzing the symptoms of the client and her narrative about her personal experience about her daily life. Jillian reports of having depressive episodes and also having episodes where her mood was very elevated. During the times where her mood was elevated the client reports of getting herself into…

diagnosed with bipolar disorder need medication to help keep their symptoms stable, and people who take medications for this disorder are likely to get better faster if it is paired with therapy (Smith, Segal, & Segal, 2016). Therefore, one of the first things I would address with Lexa is educating her about medications used for patients with bipolar disorder, discussing the pros and cons, and refer her to a psychiatrist so that she could begin the process of getting medication. I could even…

Evaluation Paper What are the symptoms of Bipolar in adults? The summary source, paragraph: The author is working on problem(s) and/or issues of current research, studies focuses on developing and creating novel medications, novel compounds, novel biomarkers, novel bio-signatures of treatment, novel response for and treatment-resistant depressions, identify potentially relevant novel drug targets, and identify potentially relevant novel bipolar disorders as (magnetoencephalography and…

Jane has an extensive and progressive list of manic symptoms, the first of which is poor concentration. In line 114, she states, “It is getting to be a great effort for me to think straight.” A person with Bipolar I Disorder often feels like their brain is “running a million miles an hour” and it’s hard for them to focus or keep any sort of mental clarity. This is seen on line 143 when Jane says she would, “lay there for hours trying to decide…” Her heightened mental activity shows that she’s…

years. Van Gogh made most of his famous pieces during his “crazy” years, as did Richard Dadd. Dadd’s more famous work was done after he was committed to a psychiatric hospital and diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Many mental illnesses such as, bipolar, schizophrenia, and depression…

Sophia yells “I can’t fall asleep.” Her mom says to herself “here we go again”. It is one those night that her nine year old is standing by her mother 's bedside late at night because she having trouble falling asleep. As her mother ask what’s wrong, Sophia responds that she cannot stop thinking about what happened today. Although Sophia start over think everything from to what happened in school, and to what was on the news that day this is one of the most common symptoms for insomnia. Sophia…