Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
100
Bipolar disorder tends to run in families. True or false?
True
100
Intense emotional status that occur in periods are called...?
Mood episodes
100
People with bipolar tend to seek help when they're _______.
Depressed
100
An effective treatment plan usually includes what?
A combination of medications and psychotherapy
200
Genes and what else play a role in the development of brain structure and functioning?
Environmental factors
200
What is a mood change that happens with manic episodes?
Extreme irritability
200
Bipolar disorder I is defined by __________.
Manic/mixed episodes
200
What is the name of the most effective mood stabilizer?
Lithium
300
In a brain of someone with bipolar disorder, what system in the brain shows consistent differences?
The limbic system
300
Racing thoughts are a type of _______ change in symptoms of manic episodes.
Behavioral
300
Bipolar disorder II is defined by a ____________.
Pattern of depressive episodes
300
Taking only an ___________ can increase a person's risk of switching to mania.
Antidepressant
400
What are the two things that have major effects on the severity of the disease?
Lifestyle and drug/alcohol abuse
400
People with bipolar sometimes show signs of what other disorder?
Schizophrenia
400
Cyclothymia is what?
A mild form of bipolar
400
Which therapy helps the person with bipolar disorder learn to change negative thought patterns?
Cognitive behavioral therapy
500
Bipolar is partly caused by a problem with what in the brain?
Neurotransmitters
500
Between episodes, most people aren't free of symptoms. True or false?
False
500
When beginning to diagnose a person, what are the three things a doctor does?
Physical exam, an interview, and lab tests
500
ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy is usually only used when?
When medications and psychotherapy don't work
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