Hypomania

Bipolar disorder is a challenge facing many people around the world. Bipolar disorder is a brain illness that causes unusual wavering changes in a person’s mood. However, the mood wavering changes that bipolar sufferers experience are sometimes so severe that it can affect their work performance, school activities or day to day living. But the good news is that while the illness is chronic, bipolar disorder can be treated so that persons with the disorder can lead healthy, happy lives and be the

According to the Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists, “bipolar disorders are mood disorders characterized by the essential diagnostic feature of mania or hypomania – these disorders follow cyclic patterns of moods, behavior, and thought alterations, alternating between mania or hypomania and depression” (p. 100). In the experiment of The efficacy of flupenthixol decanoate in bipolar disorder patients who have no sufficient remission with existing treatments, experimenters are

major depressive episode. She told me that it was not her first, but it was the most severe. Jane explained that while she would have periods of sadness, it never became so bad that she wasn't able to get out of bed. I diagnosed this as series of hypomania and minor depressive episodes. If she had caught it earlier, we could have diagnosed it

Case Conceptualization The ongoing theme that keeps reoccurring in Veronica’s life is the fact that her son Jeffrey is gay and she is refusing to accept it. Veronica is worried about what the public will think about her son and what they will think of her in regards to her parenting skills. Veronica thinks that intimidating, threatening, and blackmailing her own son will keep him in line and doing what she wants him to do. Veronica went so far as to blackmail a young lady into seducing her son

Bipolar disorder is a chronic recurrent illness that can be categorized by 3 different types (Bipolar 1 Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder and Cyclothymic Disorder). Bipolar I disorder known as manic-depressive disorder or manic depression is a form of mental illness that is characteristic of a person as having at least one manic episode in his/her life (Jordan Halter, M 2014). These episodes usually result in excessive activity and energy. A manic episode is a period of abnormally elevated mood and

own levels of severity and different symptoms. Bipolar II has the phase of hypomania, meanwhile in Bipolar II mania is present. Both bipolarś demonstrate

John F O’Donnell is a comedian who has had a history with manic episodes in the past. Instead of letting his manic episodes rule his entire life, he decided to share with the audience one of these very episodes, which proved to be very interesting. John F O’Donnell starts off his comedy show with describing where he is in the situation, what he’s carrying with him, and why he’s in Dublin in the first place. He explains to the audience he escaped to Dublin, Ireland because he was terrified for his

Two Sides of the Same Coin For some, everyday life is perfect; others it’s ok with many flaws. For a person living with bipolar disorder, everyday life can potentially be a coin flip: how you are one day may be very different than how you are on another. According to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), nearly six (6) million adult Americans are affected by bipolar disorder (“About”). A major obstacle for those dealing with Bipolar can be a lack of help. According to the Center of

From the the psychological assessment, the defendant suffers from a mood disorder, specifically, Bipolar 2. Howard has experienced a hypomanic episode lasting for more than four days and a longer term depressive episode. This defendant did not have psychosis, which is a loss of contact with reality. The reason Howard did not have psychosis is because he was in touch with reality, he was just easily distracted but he was not in a different “world”. People had a hard time following him because he was

criteria: weight loss or weight gain, insomnia or hypersomnia, motor slowing or agitation, fatigue, worthlessness or guilt, impaired concentration, and thoughts of suicide or suicide attempt. Those with Major Depressive Disorder have never had mania or hypomania and may also have anxiety symptoms. When the Major Depressive Disorder is combined with melancholic features, then the person has a “loss of pleasure in all, or almost all, activities [and has a] lack of reactivity to usually pleasurable stimuli