A Cultural Review of Bipolar Disorder Jasmine Matlock Abnormal Psychology In my analysis I will be depicting the cultural views on Bipolar Disorder. In short, Bipolar Disorder formerly known as Manic-Depressive disorder is the elevation and downfall of two extreme moods. This is to include moods that are too high- mania, and moods that are that are too low –depressive. Many get confused as to what is considered manic. It is not just excitement or a temporary euphoric feeling but rather
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Assignment of Bipolar Diagnoses in a sample of foster children where ICD-9 code diagnoses were coded into seven diagnostic categories based on the corresponding DSM-IV TR codes: 1) Bipolar disorders, 2) Other mood disorders, 3) Psychotic disorders, 4) Disruptive disorders (including ADHD, Conduct Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Disruptive Behavior Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Impulse Control Disorder Not Elsewhere Classified), 5) Developmental disorders, 6) Anxiety
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The social problem that concerns our group is suicide. Suicide is the act of killing one self intentionally. It is often committed out of despair, the cause of which is frequently attributed to a mental disorder such as depression, bipolar disorder and drug abuse. Efforts to prevent suicide include limiting access to firearms, treating mental illness and drug misuse, and improving economic development. Suicide is a troubling topic that most of us would rather not deal with, but suicide
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Psychiatric Disorders Psychiatric disorders are disorders that affect psychological functioning. These disorders range from mild to severe and can, at times, be very difficult to diagnose. Depending on the disorder and its severity the treatment for each may vary. A few commonly known psychiatric disorders include Schizophrenia, Depression and Mania, Anxiety disorder and Tourette syndrome. Schizophrenia is an extremely complex disorder with several different types including; catatonic, paranoid
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Crystle Back Film: About A Boy Psychology of the Abnormal 407-001 Provisional Diagnosis: Based on psychosocial history, behavioral observations, and assessment data, the following diagnosis should be considered… Bipolar Disorder with Major Depressive Episodes Introduction: In the film About A Boy there is an unusual boy that the film focuses on named Marcus. Marcus has a highly unusual mom named Fiona whom I chose to focus on for this paper. Fiona plays the excentric mom with major
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The Case of Virginia Woolf The Case of Virginia Woolf Mood disorders are a disturbance in an individual’s emotions. These disturbances can cause discomfort or hinder function. One mood disorder is bipolar disorder. In bipolar disorder, depression is accompanied by manic episodes. Bipolar has a generally slow onset. However, the onset of manic episodes may be sudden (Meyer, Chapman, & Weaver, 2009). Evidence shows that an individual’s life history may feature symptoms in
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How Bipolar Disorder effected my Life Does someone you know go from extremely happy one day to acting as if they are depressed in the next month or maybe even the same week? They may be suffering from bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression. Bipolar disorder affects about two million people in the United States in any given year, both men and women. It is primarily a biological disorder that occurs in a specific area of the brain and is due to the dysfunction of certain neurotransmitters
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Phoenix Mood Disorders are characterized by disturbances in mood or prolonged emotional state (Morris and Maisto, 2005). These disorders, also referred to as affective disorders, involve continual feelings of sadness or periods of feeling overly happy, or fluctuations from extreme happiness to extreme sadness. Humans by nature have a wide emotional range. One moment a person can be “up” and then “down” the next depending on circumstances. For those with a mood disorder, this range of emotion
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BIPOLAR DISORDER Lori Kracl BEH/225 FEB. 10, 2013 BIPOLAR DISORDER Bipolar disorder is defined as a “condition in which a people go back and forth between periods of a very good or irritable mood and depression.” These mood swings go between a mania high and depression very quickly. Bipolar disorder does not discriminate. It is found in all races, sex, and ages of people. It has no known causes at this time but it is believed to be genetic as it occurs more often in those who have relatives
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2007). Study of Genetics had suggested that the regions of chromosome and the candidate genes are responsible for development of bipolar disorder. Genes of an individual are likely to effect in a small way to this disorder. Abnormalities or anomalies in the structural and functional circuits of brain could cause bipolar. Meta analyses of MRI study on structural basis of bipolar reports an increment in the volume of the globus pallidus, lateral ventricles, and in the white matter that is hyperintensities
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