What is Bipolar Disorder
What are some treatments for Bipolar Disorder?
Provide assistance and support to patients and family, reduce symptoms of manic episodes, provide antidepressant medication.
Bipolar Disorder develops at least once in the lifetime of approximately what percent of the population?
1 - 1.5 percent. That figures to be between one and two million Americans.
What are the periods of high and low called?
What is mania and depression
What is a Medication prescribed for bipolar I and II?
Antipsychotics
Benzodiazepines
Mood stabilizers (valproic acid, lithium)
When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough or long enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?
Cyclothymic Disorder. Cyclothymic Disorder is very similar to Bipolar Disorder, but it is not classifed as a subset of Bipolar Disorder.
Social Isolation is one of these.
What is a depressive symptom.
What 3 things are part of the diagnosing process of bipolar disorder?
What is initial assessment, psychological evaluation, and physical evaluation.
The gender demographics in Bipolar I.
Even, there are no gender differences in the diagnosis of Bipolar I.
What is reckless behavior and loss of self control?
What is manic episode symptom
Who treats Bipolar Disorder?
Who are mental health professionals
Without medical attention, approximately how many percent of bipolar patients commit suicide?
10%-15%, in spite of this, only about one-third of sufferers receive treatment
In order to be diagnosed with depression, how long do the symptoms have to be present?
What is 2 weeks or longer
How do undiagnosed people with bipolar disorder go about treating themselves?
What is self-medication, with alcohol and drug abuse
What is the diagnostic difference between Bipolar I and Bipolar II disorder in the DSM-5?
Mania and Hypomania