A Treatment Plan: On Mood Stabilizers and the Inhibition of Creativity There is significant evidence that highly creative people are at greater risk for mood disorders‚ especially bipolar disorder‚ than other people. It has also been reported that many creative people feel that mood stabilizers inhibit creativity. While symptom management is important‚ recovery is not centered on eliminating symptoms completely‚ but rather making them more manageable. The ultimate goal is to increase the quality
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In this report I will be talking to you about a type of mood disorder known as bipolar mania. Sometimes given the circumstance’s the bipolar disorder can elevate from basic to excessive or extreme and hostile level‚ like bipolar type 2. Bipolar mania type 2 occurs when a person’s mood fluctuates between depression and anger irritability. As you read on I will explain and document symptoms of this disorder. I will diagnose Adam Saddlers character Happy Gilmore‚ as well as how it affected his everyday
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Patient is a young female‚ between 20-30 years of age‚ with history of schizoaffective disorder who has been hospitalized for about 3 months in an acute facility for acute mania with psychosis and disorganized/combative behavior. At first‚ patient refused to take medication‚ so a hearing was held and was deemed with an involuntary treatment commitment. Initial medications were found to be ineffective‚ which called for further treatment. Over the past few months‚ medication regimens were balanced
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Cited: Board‚ A.D.A.M. Editorial. "Bipolar Disorder." Bipolar Disorder. U.S. National Library of Medicine‚ 18 Nov. 0000. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. Board‚ A.D.A.M. Editorial. "Major Depression." Major Depression. U.S. National Library of Medicine‚ 18 Nov. 0000. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. Bronfenbrenner‚ Urie. "Social Ecological
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Depression’s symptoms‚ they are still important. Dysthymics will usually undergo a Major Depression episode sometime during their dysthymic period. Bipolar Depression‚ also known as‚ Manic Depression‚ is another type of Depression. This type has very different symptoms than that of Major Depression or Dysthymia. The symptoms of Bipolar Disorder are having both very high and very low mood swings. When one has Manic Depression one day they could be extremely happy and the next in a very severe depressive
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hPsychological Disorders and Approaches to Treatment APSS 111 Teaching Team What is Abnormal Behavior? • Some leading definitions about what is considered abnormal: • Deviance »Deviate from normative behaviors in our society / culture • Maladaptive Behavior »Impair the person’s normal functioning • Personal Distress • A continuum perspective to understanding abnormality Classification of Psychological Disorders • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 4th Ed. (Text Revision) (DSM IV‐TR)
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With anger‚ illusions‚ stress and so much more I will analyze Macbeth and lady Macbeth for their problems and disorders. In my research I will decipher between certain diseases such as bipolar disease‚ anxiety disorder‚ obsessive compulsive‚ panic disorder‚ post traumatic stress disorder‚ stress disorder‚ borderline personality disorder‚ schizophrenia‚ sleeping disorder‚ and paranoia to see exactly which one of these stress/hurtful symptoms in which they both share. I’ve got my observation
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This disorder doesn’t allow them to understand reality‚ people with schizophrenia live in an unrealistic world mentally‚ because they interpret the world unrealistically. People who suffer from such a severe condition often are shut-ins and are on high doses of
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