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Sydney Browning 11/13/15 9th Lit Kowalske Mental Illness There are many mental illnesses that should be addressed in the book The Glass Castle . One of the many mental illnesses that should be addressed in the book is Bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder is a disorder where you have frequent mood swings and it can last from a few weeks or the rest of your life. Some symptoms of this disorder are 1) Poor financial choices 2)Feeling overly high 3) Feelings of sadness 4) Fatigue and…

The DSM-V is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health and other health professionals, and is used for diagnostic and research purposes (Grison Pg. 503). The DSM-5 contains a number of significant changes from the earlier DSM-IV. the DSM-5 eliminated the axis system, instead listing categories of disorders along with several different related disorders. Some examples of categories included in the DSM-5 include anxiety disorders, bipolar and related disorders,…

Learn how to differentiate between types of depression, signs, causes and treatment. This is the first step toward understanding depression, getting the appropriate treatment and taking that step. Alcohol Depression As the name implies, alcohol depression is the lows that follow periods of excessive drinking. Guilt, remorse, and shame play a huge part in this type of depression, and nothing short of a long period of sobriety can begin the alleviate it. With alcohol depression, the normal…

warranted when there has been at least one episode of hypomania but never has been a manic episode and the most predominant episodes are those of depression. In the case of Ellen, she has struggled with depressed moods described as being unhappy most of her life, weight gain and increased appetite, insomnia and hypersomnia, fatigue, diminished ability to concentrate, and recurrent thoughts of death. She has also experiences symptoms of hypomania as she has had abnormally elevated moods over…

Control The song that I am going to analyze is “Control” by Halsey. The song is titled control because, the singer mentioned that she has bipolar disorder, and she feels the constant confusion and frustration of who is actually controlling her state of mind. In the song many things symbolize her state of mind, and how she sees it, which would be like a “deadly disease”. The important symbol that is used in this song is “I’m bigger than my body, I’m colder than this home”, meaning that she…

The movie Silver Linings Playbook, by David O. Russel, characterizes two main characters, Patrick Solitano Jr. and Tiffany Maxwell, who both struggle with psychological disorders. Patrick, at one-time was a high school teacher, had caught his wife (Nikki) with another man, who was the history teacher, making him very violent and distressed. He then went crazy on the gym teacher and had to spend eight months in a psychiatric hospital, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. On the other hand, we…

A little boy walked into his mother’s room because he could hear her sobbing. His father had to go to work, and he was left alone with her. She had been in bed for three days now, and the young boy couldn’t seem to understand why his mother was so sad. So he crawled into bed with her and just laid there, cuddling with her; hoping to make her feel better. The next day, as if this had never happened, he and his mother spent a good part of the day baking hundreds, if not thousands of cookies; and…

Medea’s Irrational Actions Explained by Bipolar Disorder In the play Medea by Euripides, Medea does many things that would be considered crazy. She seems to overreact in nearly every situation and is even willing to kill her own children in order to inflict pain upon her ex-husband, Jason. When reading the play, Medea can appear to be a complete lunatic, however, many of her actions could be explained by bipolar disorder. Medea displays many symptoms that are associated with bipolar…

A mental disorder is a certain behavioral or mental pattern that can lead to difficulty in functioning in an ordinary life. Many people suffering from mental disorders are not able to live healthy lives due to their condition. Ray is a 29 year old father who faces bipolar disorder, he has constant mood swings and is often suicidal. Also we can see that he represses lots of his feelings because of his grandmother. Ray has bipolar disorder, which is a mental disorder in which the patient…

http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=130822&picture=dve-tvare-masky Understanding Bipolar disorder – Signs and symptoms Bipolar is a serious medical condition where you will experience unusual ups and downs. The unusual mood swings and fluctuation in energy levels will not allow you to perform the daily activities. If diagnosed with bipolar, you will find very difficult to cope with life, it becomes really tough to manage relationships, job, and day to day tasks. The good…