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    Bipolar Disorder is also called Manic depression, it causes extreme mood swings that include emotional raths.When people get depressed, they may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. There are several types of bipolar and related disorders. Bipolar disorder can't be cured but it can be treated. Bipolar is a mental disorder can make you have extreme shifts in mood, The manic phase may last weeks or months, depressive phase might last weeks or months. It can be

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    Karl Kraepelin's Study

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    plus he noted that they had a period of time where none of the symptoms were present. He thought of the term “manic-depressive psychosis” while he was studying and observing. This became the term used for the disorder in the 1950s, and in some places it is still used instead of bipolar disorder, the more recent term for the illness that was created in the 1980s. Kraepelin also identified the difference in manic-depressive illness from dementia praecox/schizophrenia. (Young, 2006) Kraepelin was open

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    Clinical Outcome Research Regarding Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder is a life-impacting condition that is often chronic, creates significant impairment, and is marked by a cycling between depressive and manic episodes. These episodes are manifested by unusual and extreme shifts in mood, energy levels, and behaviors that interfere with executive functioning (Wilkinson, Taylor, & Holt, 2002). Divided into two levels of diagnosis; Bipolar I Disorder is defined by the occurrence of a manic episode

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    Shifts of moods and behaviors are normal but when exceeding the time frame of when those shifts last it can cause a disorder. A disorder known as Bipolar. Bipolar is concluded to be alternating periods of depression and mania. Depression, being, a state of sadness, and mania, a state of high energy in which a person seems capable of taking over the world. These symptoms of bipolar ultimately lead to the question of what causes people to be in depressed or manic. Can a time of mania ultimately cause

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    In order to be diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder one must meet specific criteria that the DSM-5 clearly outlines. In order to be diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder one must meet a number of negative and positive symptoms associated with schizophrenia, these negative symptoms include: false beliefs that are not based in reality, alteration in sensory perceptions, alteration in thought processes, abnormal motor behavior, and a range of symptoms that reduce the person’s ability to function

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    In 2008, Marya Hornbacher decided to publish a shocking account of her battle with bipolar disorder. It is not a romantic, happy-ending story. It is the real life account of what many people with bipolar struggle with every day. Unlike many people, Hornbacher had her family by her side every step of the way. Throughout the book she reaches dark and dreary places that no one wants to live though, let alone read about. However she always emerges on the other side with the help of her family. This book

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    Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (COBPD) is one of the most debilitating mental disorders affecting children today. Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder usually affecting adults that causes sometimes severe changes in mood. Childhood Onset Bipolar disorder is just what it sounds like, a bipolar disorder that occurs during childhood. Persons suffering from a bipolar disorder experience mood swings ranging from depression to mania. During a depressive episode

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    area, the homeless individuals don’t always have the option of staying outside. Once winter approaches, the homeless individuals need to go stay in a shelter, since New England winter temperatures can be deadly for them. The following report will outline why people become homeless and what the most common mental illnesses are, that homeless individuals are suffering from. II. DEFINITIONS Definition mental illness “A mental illness is a condition that affects a

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    Recovery for the three levels of bipolar disorders relies on the patterns of emotional reactions, focusing on both positive and negative emotions. This is due to the fact that people with this disorder do not adjust their emotions the same way as a healthy person does, while they also retain a central deficit in their ability to regulate emotions. One strategy to find out whether patients with bipolar disorder would be able to become accustomed to adaptive forms of emotion

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    died on March 29th 2016. During her life she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She wasn’t surprised when she heard the diagnosis. It was as if she already knew it herself. Unfortunately this is not the case with everyone. Some people get diagnosed with two or three disorders before finding the true cause, and others are told to take multiple types of medications before finding one that works. There are many reasons why mental disorders like depression are invading our life more and more. The article

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