Mood Disorders : A Psychological Disorder

Mood disorders: disturbance in the persons mood is hypothesized, this means a person’s mood can change instantly

Many people go through a normal day and have their emotions fluctuate due to some sort of stimuli. It is quite normal for people to feel emotions like depression or elation because of certain situations or circumstances. It is when moods like depression or mania that affect people for a longer than normal period of time or when they constantly fluctuate between depression and mania that one may suffer from something called a mood disorder. Depression is a state of overwhelming sadness and a person’s outlook on general life is dark and foreboding as if nothing is right or will ever be right. Normally people can suffer

Bipolar disorder also known as manic depression has always been a mystery since the 16th century. History has shown that it can appear in almost everyone. Bipolar disorder causes mood swings in energy, thinking, and other behavior. Having a bipolar disorder can be very disabling (Kapczinski). A study was evaluated and about 1.3% of the U.S population of people suffers from bipolar disorder. Stressors and environmental influences can trigger and cause a person to go through numerous episodes. Bipolar disorder is characterized according to the severity of the stages. According to Kapczinski, there are four different stages that a person with bipolar disorder can experience. The prognosis of a disorder is different in each particular patient

One of my closest friends during my undergraduate career has a mental illness called bipolar. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, bipolar is defined as a chronic mental illness that causes a range of different shifts in mood, energy, activity occurrence, and the ability to function and carry out the day to day tasks (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016). Bipolar disorder is also known as a manic depressive illness due to the shifts in mood. People with bipolar often experience lows and highs. Research substantiates that there is no clear cause for bipolar, but there are many factors that contribute to the likelihood of a person developing bipolar.

Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that is characterized by an extreme fluctuation in mood from a very joyful attitude to severe depression. It is a form of

“According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2.6 percent of Americans age eighteen or older (5.7 million Americans) have [this] disorder” (Atkins, 2007, p. 4). This statistic of course does not include children or teens, or the millions of other individuals suffering from it but not knowing it has a name. What disorder might this be? It is called bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder, and many people to this day still confuse it with “normal” feelings people go through in life. In this report I will be discussing what bipolar disorder is and its

            Before researching this topic, I used to think that Bipolar Disorder was a very rare mental illness and in most cases, a misdiagnoses. There are many misconceptions about Bipolar Disorder and mental illness as a whole. Bipolar Disorder has become an epidemic in America and affects nearly everyone in some way. The term Bipolar is increasingly being misused to describe someone having a bad day or being excessively happy. Over the past generation, Bipolar has began to be used as an adjective to describe how people are feeling or acting.  Most of us know someone who either has Bipolar Disorder or someone affected by it. The purpose of this essay is to examine Bipolar Disorder and determine the best way for individuals, along with their loved one’s to manage the disorder. This will hopefully help people understand what a friend or family member is going through and even help an individual struggling with Bipolar Disorder. Better yet, it could inspire others to research and spread ideas to someday cure Bipolar Disorder. Citizens can call upon their elected officials to increase access to mental health services (counseling, therapy, medications) for people diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and support the families that are affected.

I have chosen to do a paper on Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar is a disorder in when a person’s mood inappropriately alternates between feelings of mania and depression. A bipolar mania is a mental illness classified by psychiatry as a mood disorder. Also individuals with bipolar disorder experience episodes of an elevated or agitated mood known as mania or hypomania, depending on the severity alternating with episodes of depression.

The Bipolar disorder (AKA) manic depression is a common and debilitating mood disorder which causes extreme shifts in energy and mood. The word bipolar means that the two main polar extremes in which a person with the disorder experiences. According to part of the National Institutes of Health that watches over neurological and psychological research this disorder affects about 2.1 million adults in the United States and about 1 percent of the entire world. The first signs of this disorder usually appear in childhood and early adulthood, with cases rarely happening in childhood, no discoveries have been

A disorder associated with mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs. Formerly called manic depression. When a client becomes depressed, he or she may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. Bipolar disorder is a disruptive long-term condition, clients can keep his or her mood swings in check by following a strict treatment plan.

Bipolar disorder also known in some parts of the world by its older name “maniacs’ depression.” It’s a mental disorder that is characterized by

A 32-year old female Janice Butterfield, who came in at the insistence of her husband Jed Butterfield for a consultation concerning her suicidal attempt due to dysthymia. American Heritage Dictionary defines that dysthymia is a chronic disturbance of mood lasting at least two years in adults or one year in children, characterized by recurrent periods of mild depression and such symptoms. Although the symptoms of dysthymia may be less intense than those of depression, dysthymia can actually affect the client’s life more seriously because it lasts so long. With dysthymia, he or she may lose interest in normal daily activities, feel hopeless, lack productivity and has a low self-esteem. Therefore, dysthymia prevents the

Bipolar disorder, or manic depressive disorder, is a disorder characterized by extreme mood changes. People with this disorder undergo unusual shifts in his or her mood, activity levels, energy and the ability to carry out daily activities (National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.). A person can go from being very outgoing and energetic to feeling irritated and worthless over a period of a few days, months, or even years. People with bipolar disorder experience “mood episodes”, represented by a drastic change in a person’s unusual mood or behavior (National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.). A manic episode he or she may experience is overexcited and overly joyful; however, someone in a

It’s very common for mood disorder to co-exist with comorbid anxiety disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some of the symptoms of depressive episodes discussed in lecture were depressed mood, loss of interest, feeling of worthlessness or guilt, suicidal thoughts or action, difficulty thinking or making decision, and fatigue or loss of energy. These are some of the symptoms Mr. B mentioned having in the article. Some of the environmental factors contributing to mood disorders is the uncontrollability of events, such as break up or job loss. Mr. B separated from his wife 10 years ago and has two kids whom he can’t visit as much as he wants. In class, it was discussed that lithium, SSRI’s, and tricyclic are used to treat mood disorders