Bipolar Disease
Suicide, serious suicide attempts, eating disorders, and self-mutilation are examples of self-injurious behavior are frequent in bipolar disease patients.
In fact half of the bipolar diseases patients experience suicides in his or her lifetime.
Understanding this behavior, recognizing the warning signs and managing ongoing risk is an important point to understanding this condition by doctors.
Bipolar disorder is definitely one of the most difficult of mental illnesses for any intimate relationships.
The family must be able to endure episodic and recurrent mood swing.
Episodes of mania or depression can affect the patient’s ability to continue employment and provide his or her family’s income
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression) is a medical disorder in which people swings between periods of a very good or irritable mood (mania) and depression.
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings.
This disorder is also called manic-depressive illness or manic depression.
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder in which a person has wide or extreme swings in their mood.
Periods of feeling sad and depressed may interchange with periods of being very happy and active or being angry or irritable.
Bipolar disorder may be produced by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
It occasionally occurs in families.
If the patient has a parent who has bipolar disorder, the patient has a higher possibility of having it.
There are several different forms of bipolar disorder.
The form of bipolar disorder that the patient has is dependent on how rapidly the patient moves from manic episodes to depression and back again, as well as how serious the symptoms are.
1. Bipolar Disorder type I have had at least one manic incident and events of major depression.
2. Bipolar Disorder type II has never had full mania episode.
There are events where there is high energy levels and impulsiveness but that is not as intense as mania (called hypomania).
These hypomania episodes interchange with events of depression.
3. Mild form of Bipolar Disorder called cycloymia affects less serious mood swings alternating between hypomania and mild depression.
4. Mixed features are known as the occurrence of simultaneous symptoms of opposite mood polarities during manic, hypo-manic or depressive events.
It is marked by high energy, insomnia, and fast thoughts.
At the same time, the person may feel discouraged, despondent, ill-tempered, and suicidal.
5. Rapid-cycling is a name that describes having four or more mood events within 12-month duration.
Events must last for some minimum amount of days in order to be described distinct events.
Bipolar affective disorder is typically featured by periods of deep, lengthened, and profound depression that interchange with periods of an excessively high or irritable mood known as mania.
Manic events are featured at least 1 week of profound mood disturbance, typically with elation, irritability, or expansiveness
The diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder, or manic-depressive illness (MDI), is based on the patient’s history and medical course.
Even though bipolar disorder is diagnosed based on the patient’s history and medical course, laboratory studies may be essential to exclude other possible causes of the patient’s signs and symptoms as well as to have baseline results before giving certain medicines.
1.Medicines used to treat patients with bipolar disorder are:
Benzodiazepines
Antimanic (e.g., lithium)
Anticonvulsants
Antipsychotics
2. Psychotherapy may help to:
Reduce relapse rates,
Enhance quality of life
Increase functioning
Complications:
Alcohol and drug abuse
Problems with family, work
Suicidal ideas
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
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Suicide, serious suicide attempts, eating disorders, and self-mutilation are examples of self-injurious behavior are frequent in bipolar disease patients.
In fact half of the bipolar diseases patients experience suicides in his or her lifetime.
Understanding this behavior, recognizing the warning signs and managing ongoing risk is an important point to understanding this condition by doctors.
Bipolar disorder is definitely one of the most difficult of mental illnesses for any intimate relationships.
The family must be able to endure episodic and recurrent mood swing.
Episodes of mania or depression can affect the patient’s ability to continue employment and provide his or her family’s income
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression) is a medical disorder in which people swings between periods of a very good or irritable mood (mania) and depression.
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings.
This disorder is also called manic-depressive illness or manic depression.
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder in which a person has wide or extreme swings in their mood.
Periods of feeling sad and depressed may interchange with periods of being very happy and active or being angry or irritable.
Bipolar disorder may be produced by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
It occasionally occurs in families.
If the patient has a parent who has bipolar disorder, the patient has a higher possibility of having it.
There are several different forms of bipolar disorder.
The form of bipolar disorder that the patient has is dependent on how rapidly the patient moves from manic episodes to depression and back again, as well as how serious the symptoms are.
1. Bipolar Disorder type I have had at least one manic incident and events of major depression.
2. Bipolar Disorder type II has never had full mania episode.
There are events where there is high energy levels and impulsiveness but that is not as intense as mania (called hypomania).
These hypomania episodes interchange with events of depression.
3. Mild form of Bipolar Disorder called cycloymia affects less serious mood swings alternating between hypomania and mild depression.
4. Mixed features are known as the occurrence of simultaneous symptoms of opposite mood polarities during manic, hypo-manic or depressive events.
It is marked by high energy, insomnia, and fast thoughts.
At the same time, the person may feel discouraged, despondent, ill-tempered, and suicidal.
5. Rapid-cycling is a name that describes having four or more mood events within 12-month duration.
Events must last for some minimum amount of days in order to be described distinct events.
Bipolar affective disorder is typically featured by periods of deep, lengthened, and profound depression that interchange with periods of an excessively high or irritable mood known as mania.
Manic events are featured at least 1 week of profound mood disturbance, typically with elation, irritability, or expansiveness
The diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder, or manic-depressive illness (MDI), is based on the patient’s history and medical course.
Even though bipolar disorder is diagnosed based on the patient’s history and medical course, laboratory studies may be essential to exclude other possible causes of the patient’s signs and symptoms as well as to have baseline results before giving certain medicines.
1.Medicines used to treat patients with bipolar disorder are:
Benzodiazepines
Antimanic (e.g., lithium)
Anticonvulsants
Antipsychotics
2. Psychotherapy may help to:
Reduce relapse rates,
Enhance quality of life
Increase functioning
Complications:
Alcohol and drug abuse
Problems with family, work
Suicidal ideas
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
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