Dancing mania

serotonin and either high or low levels of norepinephrine. Since Jamie had manic episodes she probably has high norepinephrine levels. Norepinephrine and serotonin are neurotransmitters that are inhibitory. Meaning they stop something from occurring. Mania has an effect on the sodium potassium pump. It causes the neurons in the sodium potassium pump to fire too easily. This explains Jamie’s high energy levels even without sleep. This is because the neurons in her brain were rushing in too much…

There was an implication that the most significant finding of this study was the lack of the psychiatric nurse present in the parents lives. The nurses can provide the much needed help for the parents and the child with things such as family counseling and certain task for caring for the child and the parents themselves. There is an emotional link between the parents mental and physical health, and the child’s growth and health. The nurses can be helpful in the increase the knowledge and…

episodes, there are manic and depressive episodes. Manic episodes being the state of mania, and depressive being the state of depression. These episodes often tend to be more frequent in children and teens. It is because of this that bipolar disorder can have a negative effect on a teenagers every day life. School, for example. bipolar disorder can often cause a lowering in grades. This is because the symptoms of mania make it had to sit still and do work, while the symptoms of depression make…

What is Bipolar Disorder? It is also called "Manic Depression". Bipolar Disorder is a disorder associated with plenty episodes of mood swings ranging from depressing lows and manic highs. This disorder can not be cured but some treatments may help and calm it down. It is very chronic and can last for years and be life long. You have to go to the doctor and it requires a medical diagnosis. People tend to diagnose themselves with Bipolar Disorder. This does not require any lab test or imaging.…

Habitual offender laws or as it is known the three strikes law is hated by most people and even ex-president Bill Clinton regrets signing this law. This law is more complex than simple. Each state has its own version of this law with California being the strictest by implementing this law on criminals with non-violent felonies (Kieso). The effectivity of three strikes law has being question thousands of times because this law has the chance to ruins people’s lives who could had changed their…

Introduction Explanation of Disorder Currently, it is estimated that 10% of people aged 18-24 years have bipolar disorder (Liebert, 2013). Bipolar disorders are similar to depressive disorders in many ways. Bipolar disorder is characterized by the fluctuation of manic and depressive episodes (Durand & Barlow, 2016). This disorder has been shown to have a genetic link, however, environmental factors may play a role in the cause. Certain life events, such as stress in relationships, can trigger…

Clinicians are not allowed to prescribe we can suggest medication. There are a several medications a psychiatrist could prescribe to assist Jenny in regulating the acute effects she is experiencing. The purpose for medication treatment of her acute mania is remission, which is described as resolution of her state of mind or improvement to the extent that one or two behaviors are mildly lingering (UpToDate, 2016). The medication may include mood stabilizer, antipsychotic, antidepressant,…

disorder is the most apparent and noticeable. According to the mayo clinic the formal definition of bipolar disorder is “formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression)”. A person starts to recognize that they have bipolar disorder when they see themselves going from very sad and hopeless to finally fully energetic or full of energy. After the first signs of realizing a person…

After reading Roxana’s vignette, it is apparent that she has dissociative amnesia, with possible dissociative fugue (XXXX; XXXX). Roxana symptoms that she presents in the vignette are trouble remembering events, loss of recollection of several days, inflated confidence when retroactively determined that she was in a dissociative state, followed by a markedly dazed state following coming out of the dissociative state. She also presents feelings of being “old”, cultural and familial stressors, as…

through. I want to give a glimpse into the Bipolar brain to explain why that is. First of all, if you have Bipolar Disorder, you probably spend the majority of your time noticing it. You have to. The last thing you want is mania or depression to take over ( OK maybe the mania but let’s face it that usually ends in some sort of regret when the high is gone.) Due to this constant awareness, there isn’t a…