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Bipolar Disorder and the Creative Genius Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a psychopathology that affects approximately 1% of the population. (1) Unlike unipolar disorder, also known as major affective disorder or depression, bipolar disorder is characterized by vacillating between periods of elation (either mania or hypomania) and depression. (1, 2) Bipolar disorder is also not an illness that remedies itself over time; people affected with manic depression are manic-depressives

Bipolar Illness       Bipolar illness, also called manic depression, is misdiagnosed on the average of two out of three times; unfortunately it is an illness that kills one in four afflicted persons. Major psychiatric disorders such as bipolar illness make up half of the leading causes of disease related disability in the United States (www.windsofchange.com/bipol.html).      Bipolar illness is a major psychological disorder characterized by episodes of mania, depression, or mixed moods.

Demographics The author, Kay Jamison talks about her life with bipolar I disorder in her book, An Unquiet Mind. Jamison was a Caucasian woman who at the age of forty seven wrote this memoir. Currently she is seventy years old and dealing with her disorder. She spent her life moving around a lot because her father was an air force pilot. She grew up with an older brother who was very caring and an older sister that she bumped heads with. Kay’s father was a really delightful person. His emotions

We humans have always sought to increaseour personal energy in the only manner wehave known: by seeking to psychologically steal it from others—an unconscious competition that underlies all human conflict in the world. (James Redfield, 1993, The Celestine Prophecy, New York: Warner Books,65–66) Some school critics and statisticians have observed that drug-dealing, vandalism, robbery, and murder have replaced gum-chewing, “talking out of turn,” tardiness, and rudeness as the most chronic problems

ABSTRACT Atrial fibrillation is a common problem, with over 2 million people affected in the United States. Atrial fibrillation causes substantial morbidity and mortality, with an increased risk of ischemic stroke. Thus, it is important to recognize the risk factors associated with the disease to prevent it from occurring. In this review, being overweight and obese is positively correlated with increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation in both men and women. This review suggests that the

A Personal Experience of Learning About Bipolar Disorder My daughter Ashley, an engaging, highly intelligent, beautiful and artistically talented teenager, suffers from a life threatening genetic illness. It is an illness of extremes with a high, some estimates are as much as 20%, mortality rate. It is sometimes, as with my daughter, difficult to treat. It is always difficult for those so afflicted and their families. The contemporary nomenclature for this disease is Bi-Polar Disorder (1).

The homicide rate in the United States has fluctuated over the country’s history, but it remains significantly higher than the rest of the supposedly civilized world. From the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, homicide rates fell in every Western nation other than the Untied States. What is most interesting about America’s violent history is 1) that the Southern states are astronomically more violent than the rest of the United States and 2) there is little certainty or agreement about

1.1 Background of story Acculturation is known as a cultural change and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures at multiple levels in both interacting cultures. It has also been referred to the changes in personal values, beliefs, behaviours, and ways of living that an immigrant or minority individual makes as a result of adapting to the mainstream cultural or behavioural norms (Berry, Kim, Minde, & Mok, 1987). Acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs

Nicholas was a fifteen year old boy who, for many years, was harassed without anyone at school ever intervening. He was tormented, criticized, and called homophobic names. One day, a group of boys pushed him into the swimming pool while he was fully clothed. Everyone laughed, including the teacher. Nicholas was so distressed; he had reached his limit. The next day, he hurled himself from the town’s railway bridge, killing himself. Another teacher tried to convince the school of the connection between

Introduction Culture can be defined as “the set of attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors shared by a group of people, but different for each individual, communicated from one generation to the next”. From this culture can be viewed as dynamic and individuals can change cultures. In this modern age where the world is becoming smaller and smaller, cultures start to collide. On a group and individual level, nowhere is this more seen then in immigrants who leave their place of origin and move to