These extreme feelings define bipolar disorder. The person is extremely happy or sad with no middle area. Even doctors have a difficult time diagnosing this disorder. The doctor must consider hereditary factors, biological influences, states of consciousness, and the person’s personality. All these factors play a part in the diagnoses and treatment
| | | | 1/28/2014 | | 1. If you had the opportunity to conduct a study, what would you want to study? I would want to do a study on Bipolar and the cause and the effect of what it does to the patient and those around them. I would also like to know the different stages that Bipolar have and is there any cure for it at all. A.
Title: Rollercoaster of Emotion Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the major aspects of Bipolar Disorder. Central Idea: The major aspects of Bipolar Disorder include symptoms, types, causes and treatments. Intro I.Video on what bipolar disorder is and statisical facts about the disorder II. I decided to speak about Bipolar Disorder because one of the closest people to me had Bipolar Disorder and I wanted to learn more in depth about this disorder. III.
Depression is one of the most common psychological disorders, it causes tremendous emotional pain, feelings of impending doom, feeling lifeless, empty, and apathetic; depression consumes day to day life interfering with your ability to work, study, eat, and socialize . People with depression suffer low energy, unexplained aches and pains, feeling agitated, restless, or on the edge, and low tolerance level; depression is a major risk factor for suicide. Types of depression include; major depression is the most serious type in which the person may experience many symptoms in severity, characterized by the inability to enjoy life and experience pleasure. The symptoms are constant and range from moderate to severe, typically lasting up to six months. Next type is atypical depression a subtype of major depression; this type results in specific symptoms patterns, such as temporary mood lift following positive events although this boost in mood is fleeting, including weight gain, increase in appetite, sleeping excessively, a heavy feeling in the arms and legs and sensitivity to rejection.
There are numerous subtypes of primary insomnia including; psychophysiological insomnia which is a form of anxiety-induced insomnia caused by a worry about getting a lack of sleep, idiopathic insomnia which is a lifelong sleeplessness and sleep state misinterpretation where people sleep adequately but feel they do not. The diathesis-stress model is a psychological theory explaining behaviour as a result of genetic vulnerability together with stress from life experiences. It assumes that the onset of a disorder such as insomnia results from a combination of one’s biological disposition towards the given disorder and stressful events that bring about the onset of a disorder. Other supporting evidence include Smith et al’s
He has a presence and history of one or more Major Depressive Episodes followed by one or more Manic Episodes. Each episode has varied between two weeks or more. Although the patient does not show a family history of this disorder, he does have a history of hospitalization due to uncontrollability during manic episodes and suicide
Mental Health Mental Health Bi Polar Disorder Bi Polar disorder is a condition which causes the person to have periodic mood swings. These mood swings can happen very abruptly and tend to be very quick with the change between manic (happiness, compulsiveness) and depression. There are three types of Bi-Polar: * Type 1 Bi-Polar where the affected has had about 1 manic episode while having multiple depression episodes. In the past it was called manic depression. * Type 2 Bi-Polar where the affected has not experienced complete mania but instead experience hypomania which causes them to have high energy levels and impulsiveness.
Caregivers Coping with Bipolar Disorder When people talk about bipolar disorder they most often refer to the person with the disease. What most people often forget to mention or think about is the effect that bipolar disorder can have on the family of the person with the illness. “Bipolar disorder is a treatable illness marked by extreme changes in mood, thought, energy and behavior” (Carson). “Which often has a ripple effect on families, creating tension, uncertainty, troubled emotions and big changes in how people live their lives” (Board). Witnessing the behavior of a family member with bipolar disorder forces the caregiver to broaden the boundaries of his own personalities.
Many parts of the brain are affected by the disorder and because of this depression are usually diagnosed too. The depression can really bring a person’s whole day down. When a person is experiencing an extreme low or depression they have body aches, long lasting sadness, easily irritated and feelings of wanting to stay in bed all day long. This affects their behavior, social life and family life. A person with the disorder can have feelings of guilt and hopelessness, anger, and easily irritated.
The reality is that virtually all-psychiatric conditions have elements that, in much milder degrees, are present in most people. Everyone gets sad now and then; only some people get clinically depressed. Most people are shy at times, only a few have social anxiety disorder. Most people feel upbeat and energetic some of the time, but only a few actually become manic. Even some delusions have shadows in normal behavior - paranoia is an exaggeration of normal distrust of others, grandiosity is an exaggeration of normal self-enhancement, and so forth.