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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to diagnose a bipolar disorder however‚ adult criteria must be met. There are no set criteria for a child in The Diagnostic and Statistic Manual IV (DSM-IV)‚ which is the model used when diagnosing bipolar disorder. While the DSM-IV manual requires a distinct period of persistently elevated‚ expansive‚ or irritable moods lasting through at least four days‚ around seventy percent of children with bipolar disorder have mood swings several times a day (About Pediatric Bipolar Disorder). While it is
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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 MOUNT OLIVE COLLEGE Thesis Certification Please type all information in this section: Applicant
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Virginia Quintana HSM 120 Fall 2‚ 2013 Research Paper A Relationship between Bipolar Disorder and Childhood Sexual Abuse Ever felt extremely happy one day and terribly depressed the next‚ as if you were on an emotional roller coaster? How about spontaneously spending $5‚000 on a shopping spree that you have no use for? Imagine being so depressed that you want to commit suicide because dinner was not the meal you had in mind. Each of these actions may seem completely farfetched to the average
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The study of memory dates back as far as the time of Ancient Greece‚ however‚ the birth of the study of memory is often credited to Ebbinghaus‚ who concentrated his research on memory store and capacity. The study of memory has had a long history‚ and still there are many myths associated with memory processes and the overall potential of memory. This paper will address one of the misconceptions which assumes that memory is a continuous tape of personal history. It will be shown that this is merely
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Is bipolar disorder the cause of great madness or great genius? The symptoms of this mental illness may also be considered as the driving forces behind some of the most gifted and talented people to grace our society. Although individuals with this illness may have some obstacles to overcome‚ it can be accomplished. With all of the treatment programs that are widely available‚ people have many options and methods to turn to for help. <br> <br>Bipolar disorder‚ also referred to as manic depression
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with Bipolar Disoder Laura McMahon Holmes Community College What Causes Bipolar Disorder to Occur Living from day to day with a mental illness‚ such as bipolar disorder‚ can take over somebody’s life with the struggles given to them and the ones that care about them. Bipolar Disorder is not necessarily something that people are born with. It can be passed down through genetics‚ but it can also take place at any time in somebody’s life. Stressors are things that can create bipolar disorder‚ such
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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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Unit V Article Review Morris Shepherd MBA 6631 Multinational Management 06/23/14 The main topic for this article is to determine and seek out the benefits of developing an e-commerce business in a small underdeveloped country that has the potential to grow. Developing countries are home to more than 80% of the world’s population‚ and are the site for growing use of e-commerce. (Molla & Heeks‚ 2007). There are quite a few questions that can be asked about this subject‚ but the main
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Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic depression‚ is a common‚ recurrent‚ and debilitating mood disorder which causes extreme shifts in energy and mood. The word bipolar indicates the two main polar extremes which a person with the disorder experiences. According to NIMH‚ a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that oversees neurological and psychological research‚ this disorder affects about 2.3 million adults in the United States and about 1.2 percent of the population worldwide.
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