Do you ever have that feeling that you can’t remember something‚ or that you’ve lost yourself? Imagine forgetting who you are and what’s going on. My dad has a disorder called bipolar. Being a child of someone like this is scary‚ challenging‚ and takes patience. In case you don’t know what that is‚ bipolar is a serious mental illness that causes unusual shifts in mood‚ ranging from extreme highs (manic episodes) to lows (depression episodes). My dad wasn’t diagnosed until 1999-2000. During this
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and these mood changes have been identified as disorders. One example‚ bipolar disorder is perhaps one of the oldest known diseases. It has grown into one of the most common illnesses that people of every age‚ culture‚ and gender must deal with on an everyday basis. In recent times bipolar disorder has become quite prevalent in children and adolescents causing and increased concern and interest in this area. Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mood disorder‚ characterized by recurrent manic or hypomanic
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feelings of self hatred develop from the depressive’s thoughts about unresolved conflicts which have often been repressed to the unconscious. Psychoanalytic explanations find it especially difficult to explain the cyclical nature of bipolar disorder‚ and mood disorders such as SAD and post natal depression; they only seem to have an explanation for depression. Melanie Klein‚ a post Freudian‚ claims that whether an individual loses his or her self esteem depends on the quality of the individual’s
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and speed is loud and pressured. He also speaks about impregnating his secretary and taking out a second mortgage on his house in order to pay for three law offices. Based on these symptoms‚ Melanie would most likely diagnose Rick with a Bipolar Spectrum Disorder. Rick’s subjective symptoms include his claims to multitasking with great success as well as his emotionally labile state. He also expresses his impulsivity and purchase
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The Rorschach and Bipolar Disorder Singer‚ Hedy K.‚ Brabender‚ Virginia. (Spring‚ 1993). The Use of the Rorschachto Differentiate Unipolar and Bipolar Disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment. 60‚ 333-345 The article begins by stating that the DSM-III-R‚ the most current issue at the time‚ divides affective disorders into 2 categories: unipolar and bipolar. Those with unipolar disorders only experience depressive episodes. Individuals with bipolar disorder experience episodes of mania‚ as well
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Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: Recognition and plan of treatment for families Upper Iowa University August 3rd‚ 2014 Abstract Bipolar disorder (BD) is a serious mental illness in which a person’s mood will alternate between mania and depression; and where what would be considered common emotions will become powerfully as well as unpredictably exaggerated. Bipolar disorder is also referred to as manic-depressive illness. While bipolar disorder is less common than depression at least fifteen
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Bipolar is a complex physiological and psychological disorder that can impact and control a person ’s thinking and activity in their daily life. The name Bipolar or manic depressive illness refers to the fact that the person who suffers from the disease goes from one extreme of mania to one of depression. As I was growing up‚ I had an anger problem. When I was about 11 or 12‚ my mom and I got into a huge fight. She was talking to me very calmly and telling me over and over that she loved me
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Is Cyclothymia a Disorder? People who have Cyclothymic disorder usually do not realize they may have a treatable disorder because they feel that their mood swings are associated to life’s imbalance. Many things in life can trigger mood swings making it difficult to determine if there is a mood disorder. However‚ an individual that has unpredictable mood swings may have Cyclothymia and should be concerned. Individuals who have this disorder go through life on an emotional rollercoaster and
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Mental Disorders Millions and millions of people have been‚ and are‚ plagued by some type of mental disorder. There are many types of disorders such as mood disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ personality disorders‚ and substance-related disorders. The mental disorders can range from minor cases to very strong‚ extreme cases. Two mental disorders that deal with the shifting of a human’s personality and character are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized
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than seven thousand teenagers kill themselves yearly. This rise in teenage suicides has happened because of an increase in a psychological disorder called manic-depressive disorder. A psychological disorder is a condition in which behavior is judged to be atypical‚ disturbing‚ and mal-adaptive. Manic-depressive disorder‚ which is also known as bipolar disorder‚ is when a person experiences prolonged hopelessness and lethargy until eventually returning to normality. In the manic-depressive episode
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