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Research Paper On Bipolar Disorder

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Bipolar Disorder
Celeste Lopez
Estrella Mountain Community College

This essay is designed to explain bipolar disorder through many different ways. Bipolar disorder was originally called manic depression because of the fact that it caused extreme mood swings. It started off as an emotional high and slowly went down to depression. Bipolar disorder affects around 2% of Americans. This disorder can be controlled with medications and psychological counseling that can help lessen the effects of the disorder.

Bipolar disorder or also known as manic depression and causes mood swings and shifts in energy, thinking, and behavior. In most cases the disorder causes people to go from being completely normal to going to an extremely low of depression. …show more content…

Each of these disorders have the very own characteristics and all are different. The first type of bipolar disorder is bipolar l disorder and consists of severe mood swings’ and manic episodes that can go from mania to depression. The second type of bipolar disorder is bipolar ll disorder, this consists of a more calm her mood elevation and has mild or episodes of mania with an occasional episode of severe depression. The third type of bipolar disorder is called Cyclothymic disorder and has periods of hypomania and small periods of depression and that are not as extreme, The depressive state is also not …show more content…

This state could also have a suicidal effect. The last type of bipolar disorder is called rapid cycling. This means that the person will have more than four mood swings in a period of 12 months. Each period last for more than 6 days for it to be considered an actual episode. The mood swings can go from high to low or even the opposite from low to high. This type of bipolar disorder usually isn't seen Intel the more later points in life and women are more likely to get this type of bipolar disorder rather than men.
Bipolar disorder is hereditary and it actually is the most genetically passed down psychiatric condition. People with this disorder are more likely to pass it down to their offspring then a person with schizophrenia. Although only 2% of Americans have this disorder, there is a 10 to 15% chance that your offspring will also develop this disorder. Most people who have this disorder will not experience any symptoms until something has triggered it. Some people could go a whole lifetime without knowing they even have this

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