Bipolar Disorder What Causes Bipolar Disorder? There is no single cause for bipolar disorder. Indeed‚ like all psychological disorders‚ bipolar disorder is a complex condition with multiple contributing factors‚ including: Genetic: Bipolar disorder tends to run in families‚ so researchers believe there is a genetic predisposition for the disorder. Scientists also are exploring the presence of abnormalities on specific genes. Biological: Researchers believe that some neurotransmitters‚ including
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Bipolar Disorder: Finding the Light in the Dark Affecting nearly one percent of the population of the United States‚ bipolar disorder has quickly become one of the leading forms of mental illness (Spearing). While advancements in medical science and technology have allowed researchers and physicians to understand its elements more clearly‚ the effects of bipolar disorder are tragic and often deadly. Often the negative results occur due to a lack of proper diagnosis: some seventy-five percent
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Bipolar Disorder Abstract When many hear the words Bipolar disorder‚ they immediately think someone is borderline psycho. Known originally as manic depression‚ Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness that creates mood swings that affect an individual’s behavior and emotions‚ which can result in a lot of pain. This disorder has two types: Type I and Type II with both having manic and depressive phases in each. These phases are episodes that have symptoms from one extreme
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Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that can damage relationships‚ career prospects‚ academic performance‚ and can even lead to suicidal tendencies and also causes people to have episodes of severe high and low moods. (Psychology Today) People who have this illness switch from feeling overly happy and energized to feeling very sad and vice versa. It is a chronically recurring condition of how you feel and act. Experts believe bipolar disorder is partly caused by an underlying problem with
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The Effects of Bipolar Disorder My topic of interest will be on Bipolar Disorder and its psychological‚ emotional and financial effects. The reason for choosing this topic is because bipolar disorder runs on my side of the family and it runs on my husbands’ side of the family as well. My sister in law was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after she abandoned her husband and their two daughters. My Aunt Gwen was also diagnosed with it but I was never allowed to know‚ I was told she “has many sides
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What Is Bipolar Disorder? I.Writebol COMM/156 5/25/2012 M.Clark “What a creature of strange moods [Winston Churchill] is - always at the top of the wheel of confidence or at the bottom of an intense depression‚” once said William Maxwell "Max" Aitken. Bipolar disorder is a chemical imbalance in the brain that has yet to be unraveled; it causes many mood swings that can happen at a moment’s notice without a word. With many mental illnesses in order to diagnose them it takes time
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head : A LOOK AT BIPOLAR DISORDER A look at Bipolar disorder and its many facets Mia Wolfe Liberty University Abstract Bipolar disorder has been around for hundreds of years and it has been called many names. Until recently there was not much help for people suffering with bipolar disorder. Biopolar disorder is like riding an emotional rollercoaster for its host. There is a genetic link and a brain malfunction that causes bipolar disorder. Today there are
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A disorder that takes one through a figurative rollercoaster of emotion with many high points of abnormal energy and low points of despair. A person would call this disorder manic depression or bipolar disorder. With symptoms like mania which is a period of elevated energy‚ happiness and irritably or depression that brings a feeling of hopelessness‚ insecurity and negativity; life can be hard. Firstly‚ this article will examine bipolar disorder including symptoms and whom it affects. Then‚ it is
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Bipolar Disorder English Comp Akron Institute Christie Stark April 17‚ 2011 Since we could remember many of us have gone through many changes in our lives‚ some good and some bad. All of us can say during our lives that we have periodically had some sort of mood swing. Whether it was from a recent death in the family or an event in our lives‚ but to be able to link it to a disease we should know about the disease. Bipolar Disorders what is it? How is it diagnosed? Can it be treated? These
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