Bipolar Ii Disorder and Comorbidity of Alcohol Abuse or Dependence

Bipolar II Disorder and Comorbidity of Alcohol Abuse or Dependence by Bachelor of Science
Mount Olive College, 2009

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration: Health Care Management
Tillman School of Business
Mount Olive College
2009

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Table of Contents
FACULTY CERTIFICATION PAGE…………………………………………………………..APPENDIX I
TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………………….PAGE 4
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………..PAGE 5
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………………………….PAGE 7-28
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY……………………………………………….PAGE 29-30
REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………….PAGE 31-32

Chapter I
Introduction
Bipolar disorder dates back to the time of Hippocrates (Healy). Hippocrates was the first to put mania and melancholia on our cultural radar (Healy). The symptoms he used to diagnose mania were that of nausea, shivering, insomnia, and lack of thirst (Healy). Until recently, bipolar II disorder has been virtually unknown and highly underdiagnosed. DSM-IV has separated bipolar disorders into two types, bipolar II and I. (Chengappa, Levine, Gershon, Kupfer). These two disorders may have differing genetic, biological, phenomenological attributes and course of illness

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