Bipolar I disorder

be depressed before they know it, the phrase, “I’m depressed.” Or “I have depression.” is loosely said. A large majority of society and the community saying these things don’t know about depression. One of the things several people don’t know, is that depression comes in various forms. While people do understand that people feel different when depressed, most of them don’t know the causes, symptoms, or official names…

When I first joined the class I did not know anything about suicide, and the only reason I joined because all the classes that I wanted to take was already full, and Suicide Response was the most interesting classes left. Joining the class is probably the best decision I have made, not only do I know what to do when a suicide situation arises, but now I have a better chance of identifying if someone is showing signs of completing suicide. I also, now know what actions to take when someones is…

says. I sigh and pull at the sleeves of the white cotton shirt the hospital requires all psych patients to wear. "Well I guess it started that morning...my mom started yelling at me about not putting my dishes away. She says something like that pretty much every day, but that day it affected me more than usual. I went to school. My friends were being weirdly obnoxious and they seemed irritated with me. I tried to ignore it, but by the time we got to lunch I couldn't take it anymore. I was…

Demographic Information For this assignment I watched Still Alice (Glatzer, 2015). This movies main character is Alice who is a linguistic professor at Columbia University. At the begging of the move she is celebrating her 50th birthday. She is married to John and has three adult children Anna, Tom, and Lydia. After having some issues with her memory Alice decides to see a neurologist who tests her cognitive abilities and does scans of her brain. After the test are performed Alice is diagnosed…

to say “I love you” one last time. People have many ways of dealing with this...with this sorrow. Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School, proceeded to shoot people in the office, then continued to different classrooms throughout the school. In this attack 20 students, ages 6 to 7…

This is a 57-year-old female with 8/01/06 date of injury, due to a slip and fall. Diagnosis: chronic pain syndrome primary OA-L ankle and foot, MDD, Single Episode and Generalized Anxiety disorder. 12/08/15 progress note by Mehtani documented that the claimant had been seeing Dr. Desai for a period of time. She has been on a complex medication regimen. The provider is trying to cut down the use of Klonopin and Ambien. The patient was told this was her last prescription. In the meantime, he…

Nursing Diagnosis 1. Risk for suicide r/t major depressive disorder aeb suicidal ideations (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014). This is the priority one because client has been having constant suicidal thoughts and has a plan, since he got here. He has the resources to do it because he just needs to be outside. He is under a voluntary stay and wants to be here, but he can leave anytime he pleases to. He has been in psychiatric unit many times in the span of his lifetime. 2. Anxiety r/t to unconscious…

Living with Bipolar Disorder greatly affects an individuals whole life, as well as their immediate surroundings including close friends, family and work environment. This illness has the ability to greatly alter ones life in such a drastic way that they may have a difficult time keeping relationships and being able to have a strong development of self. Since there are a number of different diagnoses in the Bipolar Disorder spectrum, multiple avenues of treatment exist. Pharmacological treatment…

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In her semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, Plath used figurative language to eloquently describe depression.“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet…