Hypomania

history of depression or either unipolar disorder. This could also clearly help see the levels of depression a patient is having and determine whether it may be severe or not. Another great advantage that has been brought up is that “short duration hypomania” is now looked more into and has been more highly acknowledged. Assessments are also something that has been looked into and are more carefully administered as well as they are now all done on all patients who may be experiencing depression.…

While every word is meticulously crafted in his mind, there is no order or clarity seen within his spiels. Hypomania manifests itself in Hamlet through fast-paced ramblings, crazy speech and actions, and hyper sexuality. While there are too many passages of wild tangents, stories, and thoughts to mention, Hamlet’s madness and hypomania peeks out while he is waiting to view the play he ordered be performed. He showed up with many actors and demanded a show be put on, but…

life span. In most cases, the episode are separated by a period of time where there are little to no symptoms. This is sometimes refer as the normal phase. The mania phase sometimes break down in two category , we have the full mania and Hypomania phase. The Hypomania is not as severe as the mania phase. Before getting the actual symptoms , I will like to bring your attention to the two type of bipolar disorder which are Bipolar disorder I and the Bipolar disorder II. Bipolar disorder II is far…

manic state include and are characterized by irritability, less sleep, hypersexuality, and more goal-directed actions (Coyle 2007). In bipolar disorder one, the manic episodes are more severe than they are in bipolar disorder two. Bipolar two causes hypomania, which is less extreme mania (Anderson et al 2013). Another state in opposition to the manic state, is the depressive state, which further differentiates bipolar disorder one from bipolar disorder two. However, during the depressive state,…

Introduction A person suffering from Bipolar Disorder, a mental illness, also known as a mood disorder, is caused by a biological disorder that occurs in a specific part of the brain and is caused by the dysfunction of neurotransmitters in the brain. The disorder is also referred to as manic depression which is a larger condition, and causes extreme mood swings known as bipolar mania (the “highs”) to bipolar depression (“the lows”) also known as episodes. The purpose of this paper is to explore…

increased sleep, loss of energy, inability to make decision or concentrate, or suicidal ideations or attempt, agitation/irritability, feeling of worthlessness, hopeless, and/or helplessness. The symptoms often cause impairments in functioning. As with hypomania, a diagnosis of bipolar I does not require a major depressive…

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder characterized by a pattern of depression triggered by, in most cases, autumn and winter months. This disorder affects about 15% of the American population, and it severely affects about 5% of the population. Symptoms of seasonal depression include overeating, sleeping more, disinterest, decreased memory and concentration as the days begin to shorten in the fall. Once winter fully arrives, patients experience more common emotional…

Any therapy used for the treatment of Bipolar Disorders aims to completely eliminate all of the symptoms to prevent a relapse from any lingering symptoms. To do this patients are often prescribed mood stabilizing medications and also receive psychoeducation. The patient along with family members receive this education to better understand the importance of regular use of the medications and how to recognize early symptoms of a mood episode. One type of mood stabilizer, Lithium, is the foundation…

In accordance to officially diagnose Ernest Hemingway with Bipolar Disorder there has to be a presence of environmental and biological factors; according to the DSM-5 (Association, 2013). For instance, he wrote a letter to his mother-in-law in 1963 stating that he had never experienced such overwhelming melancholia before and that he was glad to have the opportunity to experience it because he would now be able to tolerate what happened to his father. In greater detail, Hemingway’s Father was a…

In Hamlet, the title character himself, Hamlet experiences several events that could potentially unravel anyone without a pre-existing mental illness. He returns from university to discover his father has been murdered, his mother remarried within weeks, and his uncle is now both his stepfather and his king. He decides to avenge his father per the request of his ghost, ends up stabbing the wrong man through a sheet, gets into a fight with his now deceased’s lover’s grave, and contemplates…