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Families and the Impact of Bipolar Disorder

consider that no one is immune from bipolar disorder. It can affect men, women and children at any stage of their lives. In a ch...

Pediatric Bipolar

Bipolar Disorder dramatically changes a person's life and quality of life. It affects every part of the patient's life. There is v...

Bipolar Effect on Learning

& Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, 2007). The advanced imaging technologies have allowed scientists to scan the brains of bipolar p...

A Definition of Bipolar Disorder

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on the difference between bipolar I and bipolar II and provides definitions of both...

Discussion of Bipolar Disorder I and II

bipolar II is characterized by: "recurrent major depressive episodes with a lifelong history of one...

Bipolar Disorder II And Substance Abuse

that may trigger a Bipolar incident, many of these also trigger using substances. Oliver (2007) identified twelve different "Trigg...

Biographical Sketch of Bipolar Disorder

(APA, 2003) and "These rates are consistent across diverse cultures and ethnic groups" (APA, 2003). The rate for bipolar II is abo...

Bipolar Disorder

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

Medications and Bipolar Disorder

sleep problems, fatigue, and problems concentrating, among others (Ketter and Wang, 2010). Diagnosing bipolar disorder accuratel...

Psychiatric Technician Must Know These Terms

This essay identifies many of the disorders and conditions a psychiatric technician need to understand. Each disorder or condition...

Bipolar Disorder

their moods tend to swing between extreme poles of emotion. A depressive episode is characterized by symptoms such as depressed mo...

Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Effect on Families of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

patients experiencing either symptoms or full episodes of depression much more frequently than those of mania or hypomania" (Micha...

Substance Abuse And Dual Diagnosis

with mental illnesses may reach out to drugs or alcohol to ease the pain they are feeling. It becomes very difficult to separate t...

Psychological Diagnosis Case

he is ready to really do something about his illnesses. Identifying Client Information: Name: Eric Beck; Age: 32 Race: Caucasia...

Borderline Personality Disorder

require a combination of therapeutic approaches that may include behavior modification plans, psychoanalysis and even the use of p...

Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment

manual, Bipolar I is a clinical course characterized by one of more manic or mixed episodes (APA, 1994). Generally, individuals wi...

Are More Childen Really Bipolar

The number of children and adolescents being treated for bipolar disorder has soared exponentially over the last decade. Some expe...

BiPolar Disorder on Television

Stereotypes and stigmas about mental illness have been consistently fostered by the media but in recent years, there are some tele...

BIPOLAR DISORDER AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT/SOCIALIZATION

bipolar disorder experiences either an overexcited or overjoyful state (manic episode) or a hopeless or extremely sad state (depre...

Mental Illness and Social Theory

In five pages this paper discusses mentally ill individuals in a consideration of social perceptions and their impact upon treatme...

Narcissistic Disorders, Theories, and Interventions

In thirty pages the disorder known as narcissism is analyzed in terms of the various psychological theories associated with it and...

How Are Decisions Made in Family Companies?

When family businesses have decisions to make there are potential more influences that may impact on the decision making process w...

Suicidal Ideation Not Necessarily Associated With Bipolar Disorder

benefit from the combined benefits of pharmacotherapy and psychosocial therapy. Inherently associated with suicidal tendencies, b...

Ideas for Disabilities

This essay discusses a book's ideas and tips for individuals who have certain disabilities, such as language disorders, intellectu...

Paranoia and Schizophrenia

p. 5). Nevertheless, the fact that a diagnostic criteria is listed in the book, detailed and complex, tends to encourage the perce...

Changing Family Structures and Family Health

will have on the population of Victoria. To undertake this there need to be an assessment of the way in which the family structure...

Depression Definitions

In two pages depression is defined and discussed and focuses on bipolar disorder or manic depression in terms of the condition and...

"Psychosocial Treatments For Bipolar Depression" - Analysis

the combined efforts of intense psychotherapy and standard bipolar medications. Achieving optimum health represents the primary g...

Bipolar Disorder

year 1650 when Richard Burton, a scientist, wrote "The Anatomy of Melancholia" which was a work that detailed depression. In fact,...

When Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder Attempt Suicide

of risk and the impact for families. Research suggests that there is a need to consider the approaches for assessing suicide ri...