disorder. Depression is probably the one that is diagnosed the most‚ generally because a lot of people are depressed. It can be categorized as chronic‚ seasonal affective disorder‚ which is when one is depressed during the winter or summer only‚ and bipolar manic depression. It can be diagnosed through talking to a doctor and by recognizing specific symptoms in the patient. This includes sadness all day or almost every day‚ apathy‚ if the patient is irritable‚ eating and sleeping patterns exaggerated
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Cited: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/nimh-bipolar-adults.pdf http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/madness-quotes.html http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section6.rhtml http://www.wisegeek.com/was-hamlet-really-crazy.htm http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet/antichamlet.html
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Manic-depressive Illness University of Virginia (3/04/04) speaker Kay Redfield Jamison (3) Famous People With Bipolar Disorder: Is Adversity a Source of Creativity? Michalis Kotakolios http://symptoms-of-bipolar-disorder.greenhealthinformation.com/articles/Famous_People_with_Bipolar_Disorder_Is_Adversity_the_Source_ of _Creativity.php (4) Washington Post Magazine (4/16/1995) (5) My Fears in Overcoming Bipolar Disorder/ Manic Depression (1990s) Linda Naomi Baron
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retreating into his own mind which in the long term caused him some mental damage. Toward the end of Pat’s stay at the mental health hospital he had reached a baseline and was free to go on his way. This baseline was Pat at a manic high. People with Bipolar disorder that are experiencing manic high usually become fixated on one goal. Pat’s goal was to get his old life back‚ which included getting his wife
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Models of abnormality Abnormality is defined as a behaviour that deviates from the ideal social norm. One definition of abnormality is the failure to function adequately and are unable to meet their activities of daily living independently for example getting washed and dressed daily‚ being able to hold down a job and interacting with other people. It suggests that people should be able to achieve personal wellbeing and contribute to society. Rosenhan and Seligman (1989) identified there as being
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people are 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
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Diagnoses of Patrick Solitano Jr. from Silver Linings Playbook Eddie Ordaz Crafton Hills College Diagnoses of Patrick Solitano Jr. from Silver Linings Playbook The character for whom I’ve chosen to do my analyses on is Patrick Solitano Jr. or Pat for short as portrayed in the film. Pat is a former teacher with a likable and inviting personality about him but can be tell by the naked eye he has some issues going on in his head. In the film he has just spent 8 months in a mental health
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family history of depression (Psychologyinfo.com). This is also found in people with bipolar disorder. A study on family members that belong to particular families of each generation that develop bipolar disorders‚ has found that those with the illness have a somewhat different genetic makeup than those who do not have the disorder. Nonetheless‚ not everybody with the genetic makeup that is subjective to bipolar disorder will contract the
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Discharge Teaching Plan Patient History Patient is a white female admitted with Mood Disorder NOS and R/O Bipolar Disorder. She has a strong family history—mother is positive for Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorder and has attempted suicide 3X since January. Her uncle is positive for Personality Disorder. Patient was raped at her stepfather‚ sexually abused by her Grandfather whom she resides‚ and physically abused by her biological father whom she resided with for 6 months‚ prior to moving
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very resistant to treatment. Although Dysthymic Depression’s symptoms are not as severe as Major Depression’s symptoms‚ they are still important. Dysthymics will usually undergo a Major Depression episode sometime during their dysthymic period. Bipolar
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