The Effects of Bi-polar Disorder on Marriage and Family life Many Families are faced with the challenge of coming to terms with a family member who suffers from Bi-polar disorder. How does this often debilitating condition affect the people who become the care-givers and support system to those who are suffering? Caring for someone with bi-polar disorder can place heavy burdens on a marriage and the family, particularly if the families are not equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to cope
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Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder has been around for a long time, some said as far back as 300 to 500AD. Most people who were diagnosed with bipolar back in that time were considered or thought of as being crazy or being possessed by the devil’s spirit. In the Middle Ages those that were afflicted with mental illness were thought to be guilty of wrongdoing, since there disease was a manifestation of wrongdoing (Stephens, 2014). The treatment or punishment for those
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Genetics, Brain Structure, and Behavior Presentation Team B presented a presentation explaining the genetics, brain structure, and behavior of individuals suffering Bipolar illness. This paper will evaluate their presentation and explain bipolar illness, explain the neurological damage or changes to the brain as a result of the illness, and also an explanation of the behavioral or functional changes that can occur as a result of the illness. I will touch
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Hypothesis-Children should not be diagnosis with bipolar disorder Null-hypothesis-Children should be diagnosis with bipolar disorder There are many children in the United States today that are diagnosis with bipolar disorder, it population have expanded widely in the world today. Children of today are been misdiagnosis with having bipolar disorder and the number are outspreaded, so with the statistics like this , these children shouldn’t diagnosis with bipolar disorder cause of the finding not true. There
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Abstract Bipolar disorder has two levels that is associated with mental illness. The diagnosis of Bipolar disorder correlation with other disorders and has made it very difficult to diagnoses without connecting it to another mental illness. The most common links associated with Bipolar are mood disorders, disruptive disorders, panic disorders, and anxiety disorders to name a few. Each of these disorders has very similar symptoms changing personalities at any given time. Bipolar I and II have
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Bi Polar Disorder Bi polar disorder, also known as bipolar affective disorder and in the past as manic depressive illness is a disorder characterized by extreme swings in mood – varying from periods of elevated, overactive, excited behaviour – known as ‘mania’ or ‘hyponia – to periods of deep depression. However, in between these severe mood swings, there are stable periods. The amount of time during which you are stable varies depending on the severity of the disorder. The disorder is rather
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treatment for bipolar disorder, they have largely been supplanted by atypical antipsychotics. * Atypical antipsychotics: Newer, more expensive medications for bipolar disorder that may provide greater symptom relief, but also have greater side effects. * Psychotherapy & Self-Help Strategies: Psychotherapy and self-help strategies can keep someone with bipolar disorder stabilized and prevent relapse. * Other treatment strategies: Other treatments for bipolar disorder may include prescribing
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Bipolar and Unipolar PSY/270 University of Phoenix Author's Note: This paper is being submitted on April 13,2014 for Bill Noffsinger's PSY/270 class. RunningHead: Bipolar and Unipolar 1 Bipolar and Unipolar There are many different types of diseases that a person can have that could cause depression, but the main two tend to be Unipolar and bipolar. Unipolar is a condition that is caused when a person
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Bipolar Disorder Ginger Zacharias Kaplan College Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that causes dramatic mood swings. People with bipolar disorder cycle from energetic highs and lows or irritable moods, to sad and hopeless moods and then back again. Bipolar disorder is a serious illness that causes dramatic mood swings. People with bipolar cycle from energetic highs and lows or irritable moods, to sad hopeless moods and then back again.
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David Dunmore III 03/12/12 What is Bipolar, bipolar is a serious mental illness that cause extreme changes in people mood swings for example you could be on a trip to Disney land and your enjoying the rides but mid way through the trip you loose all interest and fun and all of a sudden become distant and aggressive and your facial expression completely changes and your thoughts switch as if your in an environment you don’t want to be in so your actions of escape
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