In our daily retinue, we came across this word quite a few times but little we are all know that it is a severe, common, and prevalent mental disorder. This disorder has a negative impact on one’s thoughts. Because our thought processes affect, the way of our behaviors and feelings are also negatively influenced. As […]
Some of the risk factors or causes of bipolar are the following. Family and Genes: The disorders can run in genes. Sometimes genetics plays its role as a risk factor. A person may be more susceptible to developing mood disorder if he has a parent or sibling who has bipolar disorder in their nuclear
At least one hypomanic episode and one severe depressive episode have occurred, according to the criteria. the one who has never experienced a manic episode. Schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder, or other specified or nonspecific schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic illnesses are not better able to explain the incidence of the hypomanic episode(s) and
The following criteria for a manic episode must be met for a bipolar I diagnosis. Hypomanic or major depressive episodes may have come before or may come after the manic episode. Manic Episode: An identifiable period of abnormally elevated, expansive, or restless mood and abnormally increased activity or energy focused toward a specific objective that
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Assessment The only way to assess bipolar disorder is by looking up at the symptoms, their intensity, and their frequency such as how long you experienced the symptoms, how severe they appear, and how many lows or highs symptoms occurred. The psychologist and psychiatrist work together to assess the disorder in both a psychological and
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