Symptoms Sleep dysfunction fatigue vegetative state anhedonia eating dysfunction loss of interest in usual activities negative rumination hopelessness Bipolar Disorder Alternating depression and mania Prevalence 1 5 cid 127 Mania Euphoria Flight of activity ideas Inflated self esteem Irritability Amygdala Psychotic symptoms Related Diagnostic Terms Hypomania Low grade version of mania Rapid Cycling Rapid and disorganized thought and behavior 4 or more times in a ear shift every couple of months cid 127 Mixed Episode Shift in the same couple of weeks Different Types of Bipolar Bipolar I Mania not necessarily depression Have to experience one manic episode Bipolar II Hypomania 4 and depression Cyclothymia Hypomania and mild depression more chronic Can t have more than two months stable Important Considerations Suicide up to 40 have tried cid 127 Gender and culture Creativity Causes Physiology Instability of brain activity Frontal lobe issues Neurotransmitters Larger Amygdala cid 127 Genetics Developmental Prenatal factors Birth problems Facilitate not cause Stress Diathesis model just because you have a genetic predisposition doesn t mean you will get the disease figured by stressful life events Treatment cid 127 Medication has to be a part of the treatment process Lithium early treatment for bipolar poisons body Last resort cid 127 Quality vs Quantity Brain stimulation Psycho education Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127
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