Symptoms
This gender is more likely to experience depressive symptoms
Who are females?
This is one of the strongest and most consistent risk factors for Bipolar disorder
What is family history of bipolar disorder?
This mental disorder is most frequently co-occurring with Bipolar Disorders
What is anxiety disorder?
These two methods of treatment have been proven to be most effective for Bipolar Disorder
What is pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy?
This singer who was previously on “Barney & Friends” and has suffered from substance use and an eating disorder has been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.
Who is Demi Lovato?
A major depressive episode classification requires symptoms of low mood and _____
What is anhedonia?
At least one of these in a lifetime is required for a Bipolar I diagnosis
What is a manic episode?
More than half of individuals with Bipolar disorder meet criteria for this specific substance use disorder
What is alcohol-use disorder?
This medication is the most extensively studied agent for treatment of bipolar disorder in adults and is responsible for regulation of mood in patients with BPD.
What is lithium?
This singer known for the song “All I Want for Christmas is You” has been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.
Mariah Carey
A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood and abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy, lasting at least 4 consecutive days and present most of the days
What is a hypomanic episode?
The mean age of onset in Bipolar I for the first manic, hypomanic, or major depressive disorder
What is 18?
These medical conditions are seen more in individuals with Bipolar than the general population.
What are metabolic syndrome and migraines?
These classes of medication should be considered as the primary evidence-based treatment choices because of demonstrated efficacy and tolerability.
What are mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics?
This actor/ producer had a lead role in the movie Braveheart
Who is Mel Gibson?
Someone with this symptom might say, “I am so much smarter than everyone else in the entire world. I can come up with the cure to cancer”
What is inflated self-esteem/ grandiosity?
This disorder may be misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder in children
What is ADHD?
This mental illness is comorbid with BPD. It is categorized as obsessive, or intrusive thoughts followed by compulsions.
What is OCD?
This therapy focuses on developing a formulation of how thinking styles and behaviors maintain and escalate current symptoms.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
This comedian/ actor had major roles in the movies Despicable Me and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He was formerly married to Katy Perry.
Who is Russell Brand?
This manic symptom is characterized by a flow of accelerated speech with sudden shifts between topics
What is flight of ideas?
According to DSM-5 criteria, this is at least how long a manic episode must last
What is one week?
A recent study found that cluster B (borderline, narcissistic, antisocial, histrionic) ______ features were evident in about one-third of bipolar patients,
What is personality disorder?
For children and adolescents, this type of therapy, when given adjunctively with pharmacotherapy, delays recurrences of mania or depression, enhances stabilization of manic and depressive symptoms, improves medication compliance and decreases stressful family interactions when compared with psychoeducation or individual therapy.
What is Functional Family Therapy (FFT)?
This Nobel Prize-winning author was famous for his novels like A Farewell to Arms and For Whom The Bell Tolls
Who is Ernest Hemingway?