Mania

Classified as a manic-depressive illness, pediatric bipolar disorder is one of the hardest psychological illnesses to diagnose in children. The psychological disorder is mainly characterized of mood swings switching from mania to depressive periods of time called episodes. Bipolar episodes in children last for a week or more. Also known as early onset bipolar disorder, it is usually more intense than the typical mood swings of a child or adult-onset bipolar disorder. Pediatric bipolar disorder…

Bipolar disorder is something that many people suffer from every day. It causes people to have severe mood swings. A person may be happy one moment and all of a sudden they will feel upset or mad. People who have this will have it for the rest of their lives. Although people live with it for the rest of their lives, there are treatments that help keep the mood swings to a minimum. Bipolar depression is usually caused by three factors and the symptoms that follow may be severe. People with…

It is believed that bipolar disorder is correlated with suicidal ideation. In a meta-analysis, performed by Oquendo, Currier, and Man (), they took studies from the past 30 years that indicated individuals who have expressed to act on suicidal tendencies in disorders such as major depressive and bipolar disorder, with the goal of identifying indicators of suicidal ideation. A major issue that was crossed was the elusiveness of their goal as being able to identify suicidal tendencies. Their…

majority of people feel normal. There are several different types of bi polar disorders. Here are just a few examples: Bi Polar Disorder I: one or more manic episodes (or mixed episodes). Which is when you experience symptoms of depression and mania. Bi Polar Disorder II: one or more major depressive episodes and at least one episode of hypomania. Not Otherwise Specified (NOS): does not have a particular pattern of moods and behaviors. Cyclothymic: mild form of bi polar characterized by…

Without mania, it would be Depressive Disorder (DSM-V, American Psychiatric Association, 2013). At various points during the movie, Pat appears excessively positive and possibly manic. According to Freud, “patients were better able to verbalize psychodynamically…

Mrs. Harrington is a 37-year-old Middle Eastern female whose primary language is Arabic, but she is also fluent in English. Her husband who states, “My wife is experiencing another manic episode, and is ‘out of control’, brought her to the facility today. He states that, “just this morning we were discussing how she has blown through the budget for a charity event.” “I told her that she could not spend any more money.” “She went into a rage saying that she was leaving me!” “Twenty-five minutes…

Part A: Symptoms and Diagnoses Kay Redfield Jamison’s memoir, An Unquiet Mind, is a clinical and personal perspective on Bipolar I Disorder. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Jamison brings an unparalleled perspective to the manic-depressive memoir shelf. She’s able to cut deep into the subject with professionalism, meaningful diction, care, compassion, and most important of all—true life experience. Raised in a military family with a history of mental illness, Jamison began displaying symptoms of bipolar…

People on medications who suffer from mental illness may not feel like themselves, so many people fear losing their true selves. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes unusual and extreme shifts in a person’s functioning, mood and behavior further conveyed through erratic mood swings. However, the symptoms delusions of grandeur, and racing thoughts get in the way. It’s very important to be understood when dealing with a mental illness. In addition, working out the manic episodes might…

It is seen that discriminatory and stigmatizing behaviors’ could have an impact on people’s lives, therefore, it is important to map out the process and develop the social context in understanding of how behaviors’ are experienced. To address this further, Kleinman and Hall-Clifford, 2009 challenge researchers to discover the way that stigmatizing behaviors’ impact individual lives by adopting both qualitative and quantitative methods (Kleinman and Hall-Clifford, 2009). The study shows that the…

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…