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Differential Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and the Misuse of Mood Stabilizers

of Bipolar II are more likely to develop the disorder, and this hereditary component has become the center of genomic research int...

Pediatric Bipolar

Bipolar Disorder dramatically changes a person's life and quality of life. It affects every part of the patient's life. There is v...

Substance Abuse And Dual Diagnosis

with mental illnesses may reach out to drugs or alcohol to ease the pain they are feeling. It becomes very difficult to separate t...

Biographical Sketch of Bipolar Disorder

(APA, 2003) and "These rates are consistent across diverse cultures and ethnic groups" (APA, 2003). The rate for bipolar II is abo...

DSM-IV-TR Axis I and II Disorders

when one considers the premise that depression has been associated with reproductive factors, including a womans menstrual cycle ...

Paranoia and Schizophrenia

p. 5). Nevertheless, the fact that a diagnostic criteria is listed in the book, detailed and complex, tends to encourage the perce...

Bipolar Disorder

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

Bipolar Effect on Learning

& Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, 2007). The advanced imaging technologies have allowed scientists to scan the brains of bipolar p...

A Definition of Bipolar Disorder

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on the difference between bipolar I and bipolar II and provides definitions of both...

Bipolar Disorder II And Substance Abuse

that may trigger a Bipolar incident, many of these also trigger using substances. Oliver (2007) identified twelve different "Trigg...

Discussion of Bipolar Disorder I and II

bipolar II is characterized by: "recurrent major depressive episodes with a lifelong history of one...

ADHD and ADD Diagnosis and Overdiagnosis

In thirty pages attention hyperactivity deficit disorder and attention deficit disorder are examined in terms of diagnosis or as t...

Journal Article Review on Thought and Mood Disordersles

In ten pages this paper considers 6 articles on thought and mood disorders including phobias, major depression disorder, generaliz...

Diagnostic Approaches to Mental Illness

clinicians rely on the DSM to diagnose their patients. It is credible insofar as it is published by the American Psychiatric Assoc...

Three Categories in DSM-IV

(Rowney, Hermida and Malone, 2009). Comorbidity is common with both generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks with overlappin...

Case Study: Bipolar Disorder, Manic Episode With Psychotic Features

When researchers looked into what might cause this shrinkage, it was found that it could be the result of having loss of glia, whi...

Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Effect on Families of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

patients experiencing either symptoms or full episodes of depression much more frequently than those of mania or hypomania" (Micha...

Discussion of Bipolar Disorder 2

In a research report consisting of twelve pages causes of bipolar disorder are discussed along with diagnosis and treatment option...

Overview of Bipolar Disorder

In a paper consisting of six pages bipolar disorder or manic depression is examined in terms of symptoms with the primary focus be...

Symptoms Prior to Diagnosing Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder

around 8 or 9 oclock at night, depending on their age. So they have a lot of trouble getting to sleep, and there is a tendency fo...

Consideration of Bipolar Disorder

used to describe common patterns within bipolar disorder such as bipolar I disorder where a person may experience manic or mixed e...

Mood Disorders Diagnosis and Treatment

suffer from bipolar disorders (Simon, 2001). For those who do not respond well to the traditional medications offered to stabiliz...

Troubled Teens: SUDs and DBDs in Adolescent Populations

226) and occurs in as much as 26 percent of the adolescent population, and include alcohol, tobacco and illegal substance use. Su...

Medications and Bipolar Disorder

sleep problems, fatigue, and problems concentrating, among others (Ketter and Wang, 2010). Diagnosing bipolar disorder accuratel...

Psychiatric Technician Must Know These Terms

This essay identifies many of the disorders and conditions a psychiatric technician need to understand. Each disorder or condition...

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Infants

This 3 page paper covers the early diagnosis of 16 month old infants with autism spectrum disorder. This paper covers the diagnosi...

Bipolar Disorder

their moods tend to swing between extreme poles of emotion. A depressive episode is characterized by symptoms such as depressed mo...

Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment

manual, Bipolar I is a clinical course characterized by one of more manic or mixed episodes (APA, 1994). Generally, individuals wi...

Adolescent Behavior and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

in the life of dealing with an adolescent who has ADHD, and for the adolescent to be able to deal with the disorder. Volumes of r...

Model for Crisis Intervention

This paper begins by offering a diagnosis for an individual who suffered a trauma. The diagnosis is post-traumatic stress disorder...