Bipolar I disorder

Ever since Marilyn Monroe was little she was trapped in an unhealthy mental situation. Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was also mentally unstable and often kept in an asylum. Marilyn Monroe suffered from depression and bipolar disorder almost all her life. She was constantly on medication and had a history of abusing it. Marilyn was found dead later to be determined as an overdose. In the past, Marilyn had a tendency to overdose on her sedatives as suicide attempts. The sedatives…

Doris fuller lost his daughter to a mental illness. It was a few weeks before her 29th birthday. She did it by stepping in front of a train in Baltimore. Her name was Natalie and her dad and herself wrote a book together “Promise You Wont Freak Out: A Teenager Tells her mother the truth about Boys, Booze, Body Piercings, and Other Touchy Topics (and mom responds).” Since it was such a scary concept telling the truth about her secrets they were on morning America shows and got paid to give…

Symptoms of peri-natal depression include sleep disturbances,changes in appetite, mood changes, and difficulty concentrating. There are many risks associated with untreated depression during pregnancy. They include preterm labor, growth retardation, decreased prenatal care, poor weight gain, and increased substance use. Depression during pregnancy is very common, but also under diagnosed because women feel they should be joyous since they are having a baby. Depression is very different from the…

People are addicted to their smartphones and the apps that come with it. Whether it’s to see how many followers they can get on popular apps such as Instagram and Snapchat or having the highest score on the new app game. Because of this additive trend about a million people are rather on their phone instead of having a conversation with one another. Since the breakthrough of smartphones, people rather spend time on their phones than have a face to face conversation with another person.…

Since 8th grade i have had continuous issues with my self image. I have turned into someone i never thought i would be. someone who has a dark side hidden from everyone around. everyone says it 's normal to feel “depressed” sometimes. i don’t know if that is true. the darkness and sadness that sweeps over me even when I’m sitting at the dinner table with my family is indescribable. Whenever i eat one full meal i feel disgusting and fat. i think about making myself vomit every time because my…

Washington, Valcry your whole life.” John glared at the doctor and while wiping the tears away from his glazed eyes shouted, “Why you! You take me away from my home town and they tell me you know how to help me and fix me. There ain’t nothing wrong with me, I just need to go back home!” The doctor stared at the man intently as he layed on the chaise lounge, marking every movement and flinch he made. The doctor wondered as to what type of psychological state could explain the man’s confusion.…

provides copious amounts of research to back up her claims. Such as Andreasen’s study of writers at the Iowa Writers’ workshop, where she discovered that “the majority of the writers described significant histories of mood disorder that met diagnostic criteria for either bipolar illness or unipolar depression”. Popova praises Andreasen’s work and her book, The Creating Mind: The Neuroscience of Genius, and seems to agree with what Andreasen discovered and what it meant. Moving forward, Popova’s…

Bipolar and Pregnancy Bipolar disorder, sometimes still referred to as manic depression, is a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression. Not only does it cause serious shifts in mood, energy, thinking and behaviour, the cycles of the disorder can last for days, weeks or months at a time. Bipolar disorders also have major adverse social and economic effects that often interfere with a person’s ability to work and function normally. For women, bipolar and pregnancy…

Pat, having spent eight months in a mental health hospital in Baltimore for bipolar disorder, is released and sent home to his hometown of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania into the care of his mother and father, Dolores and Patrizio. Soon after returning home, he learns that his wife, Nikki, has moved away and his father has resorted to illegal bookmaking to earn money with hope to open a restaurant. Pat is determined to get his life back together and reconcile with Nikki, who had obtained a restraining…

Throughout the course of twenty minutes, I listened to Gary’s narrative and sought to ask questions which elicited information about his interactions with suicidal ideation and attempts. Gary came to treatment at the urging of a friend after two recent suicide attempts where he took pills in order to attempt to end his life. Through reflection, I hope to understand the strengths and areas for growth and learning after conducting a risk assessment with Gary. Although I have worked with persons…