day to day basis. These disorders make people incapable of being able to function properly in life on a daily base. One major disorder is known as Bipolar disorder‚ which is also known as manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally. It usually starts between ages 15 - 25. The exact cause is unknown‚ but it occurs more often in relatives of people with bipolar disorder (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth). Bi-polar disorder is a brain disorder that causes abnormal
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Outlining an Essay An outline is a plan for the paper that will help you organize and structure your ideas in a way that effectively communicates them to your reader and supports your thesis statement. Two kinds of outline Informal Outline- you simply jot down your thesis statement‚ what the introduction will discuss‚ what you’ll say in the body of your paper‚ and what you want to include in the conclusion. Formal Outline- numbered and lettered headings and subheadings. This will help you to
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Bipolar me Eng 101 Bipolar me BIPOLAR ME 4 Running head: BIPOLAR ME 1 Bipolar me Brandi L Kemmis Eng 101 12/8/13 Robin Lyons Bipolar me What is bipolar disorder? Can you catch it? While researching this paper‚ I decided to ask actual people what they thought bi-polar disorder was. I was astonished at how people perceived it. I decided that I needed to define it. I need to further peoples education on it. 27 million people suffering from the disease
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Bipolar and Paranoid Personality Disorder Bipolar disorder is a condition that causes a person to go back and forth in a positive or negative mood and depression. This kind of mood swing can occur very quickly‚ like an “on” and “off” switch. Although there is no knowledge on the direct cause of bipolar disorder‚ it is quite evident that it is passed on through genetics. Bipolar disorder usually begins somewhere between the ages of 15-25 and can affect both men and women. Bipolar Disorder can
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dealt deficiencies at birth. Two such diseases‚ bipolar disorder and schizophrenia‚ are mental diseases that slowly eat at one’s psyche. Bipolar disorder affects roughly 2.6% of adult Americans and it only affects around 1% of adolescents. Fortunately‚ schizophrenia is less prevalent‚ affecting less than 1% of all humans. In the magnificent play “Hamlet”‚ crafted by William Shakespeare‚ the titular character appears to suffer from bipolar disorder and his struggle with it is one of the main subplots
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is advisable to take a close look at the speaker. In this case‚ the speaker is Demi Lovato. One article that explores Lovato’s background can be found in an Everyday health article. This article‚ entitled "Bipolar Disorder: Regain Tour Self-Esteem" gives a thorough biography of Bipolar Disorder. This artist was born on August 20‚ 1992‚ in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. Her family consisted of Madison De La Garza‚ Dallas Lovato‚ and Amber Lovato; her parents’ are Patrick Lovato and Dianna Hart. She grew
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Bipolar II disorder affects 5.7 million Americans over the age of 18. (Mary C. Townsend‚ 2015. pg.499) There is a stigma associated with this disorder but‚ what many don’t know is when properly diagnosed and treated‚ one can lead a fairly uninterrupted life. Bipolar II is often misdiagnosed as “major depression”. It is characterised by periodic runs of major depression with occasional manifestation of hypomania. Hypomania is the primary symptom that differentiates the diagnosis. In the following
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For many years I have been battling with my diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. I have had very rough days but also some of the best thanks to my son and husband. When I became pregnant‚ it changed me‚ some days I hated myself and other days I loved everything about myself but the moment I was able to hold my new born I knew there would always be someone who loved me unconditionally. I have this perfect little baby boy who loves me for me. He sees my strength‚ he still knows I am his protector‚
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Individual research Paper Claudine Robinson CSNL 526 January 12‚ 2012 Dr. Michelle McGuire Individual research Paper Bipolar Manic Depression Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness that affect between 0.8% and 1.6% of the population that is at least one out of every 100 persons. It affects women as well as men and usually starts somewhere around a person’s teens or late twenties. This particular depression has to do with mood swings and causes people to go from highs/cheerful and blissful
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Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents Before the 1990s‚ it was believed that children under the age of eighteen would have been rarely diagnoses with bipolar disorder. This all changed in the mid-1990s when there were 800‚000 children labeled with bipolar disease and an astonishing number were under the age of five (Carmichael‚ 2008). The
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