Bipolar II disorder affects 5.7 million Americans over the age of 18. (Mary C. Townsend‚ 2015. pg.499) There is a stigma associated with this disorder but‚ what many don’t know is when properly diagnosed and treated‚ one can lead a fairly uninterrupted life. Bipolar II is often misdiagnosed as “major depression”. It is characterised by periodic runs of major depression with occasional manifestation of hypomania. Hypomania is the primary symptom that differentiates the diagnosis. In the following
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comes to mind. Entering the taboo world of mental illness‚ stigmatized as the crazy and psychotic by decades of misunderstanding‚ Marya Hornbacher takes a step towards reversing those damages by telling her own story in a memoir titled Madness: A Bipolar Life‚ in an attempt to shed some light and insight on the world of manic depression. She details her struggle with the disease that spawned multitudes of problems for her all throughout her life. To examine how she reconstructs her state of mind
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BASIC ELECTRONICS MODULE 3 Bipolar Junction Transistor Prepared by H V Balachandra Achar Senior Lecturer‚ Dept. of E&C Engg.‚ M I T‚ Manipal Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering‚ Manipal Institute of Technology‚ Manipal‚ INDIA Syllabus • • • • • • • • Introduction to Bipolar Junction Transistor BJT Operation BJT Configurations Tutorials BJT Biasing Tutorials BJT Amplifier Tutorials Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering‚
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Cyclothymic Disorder Cyclothymic disorder‚ also known as cyclothymia‚ is a relatively mild form of bipolar II disorder characterized by mood swings that may appear to be almost within the normal range of emotions. These mood swings range from mild depression‚ or dysthymia‚ to mania of low intensity‚ or hypomania. It is possible for cyclothymia to go undiagnosed‚ and for individuals with the disorder to be unaware that they have a treatable disease. Individuals with cyclothymia may experience episodes
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PSYA4 : Schizophrenia :Outline and Evaluation points for use with each section 1. Clinical characteristics- this part only requires you to know symptoms(so no evaluation) You need to know: Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterised by a split between thinking and emotion. How long symptoms need to last for someone to be diagnosed(the DSM and ICD have different times) How many positive and negative symptoms someone needs to be diagnosed and a few examples of each Two sub-types of Schizophrenia
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Abnormal Psychology | Unipolar and Bipolar Depression | Causes‚ Symptoms‚ and Treatment | Shawn M Best 10/16/2011 | Identifying the causes of unipolar and bipolar depression can be a complicated task because there are no known exact causes‚ just theories. These theories include chemical and hormonal imbalances within the brain‚ a misfiring of ion activity‚ and inherited genetics or biological abnormalities (Comer‚ 2005). Individuals who suffer with unipolar depression‚ which
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Mood Disorders Mood disorders are a disturbance in the emotional state‚ which affects thinking‚ physical symptoms‚ social relationships and behavior. If you have a mood disorder‚ you might feel very happy or very sad for long periods of time for no apparent reason. There are different types of mood disorders including: mania‚ depression‚ bipolar‚ drug induced mood disorders‚ and medically induced mood disorders. When a mood factor pushes a person to one extreme or the other that mood disorders can
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Psychological Disorder Paper Psy/450 University of Phoenix Amanda Kettinger 3 July 2010 Psychological Disorder Many mental disorders vary from person to person and in its on severity. All disorders have both a physical and psychological components. Abnormal behavior is difficult to define. Behavior may also be evaluated by whether it conforms to social rules and cultural norms‚ an approach that avoids reproachful nonconformists as irregular for behavior that‚ although strange‚ may
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Coach Vickery April 22‚ 2013 Shonte Cunningham-Boggs Psychology Bipolar Disorder Bipolar is a disorder that is usually caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. This causes major mood swings‚ and can make you super happy and energetic or really depressed. You can go from high to low in seconds. When you are diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder you can go through a “high” period called (mania).Bipolar Mania is an unusually great feeling you get. Some other symptoms are extreme happiness
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Bipolar disorder is the sharp division of experiencing one of two extreme episodes at a time. These two episodes are hypomania and depression. They can be experienced at different levels of intensity. This is what creates the difference between Bipolar I and II. A hypomanic episode is a “distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated‚ expansive‚ or irritable mood” (Florida BH Centre‚ 2019). Along with these abnormal mood changes‚ a hypomania episode may include hallucinations‚ inflated self
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