Treatments/Statistics
An effective treatment plan usually includes a combination of medication and psychotherapy
What is an effective treatment plan?
Mood episodes may also last for longer periods, such as several days or weeks.
How long can mood episodes last for?
There are 3 fixed types, but a person may not fit any of these types, which is considered "“other specified and unspecified bipolar and related disorders.” The three fixed types are Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder, and Cyclothymic Disorder (also called Cyclothymia).
How many types of bipolar disorder are there and what are they?
A particular day for bipolar disorder, March 30th
When is bipolar disorder awareness day?
This helps with depression and anxiety, promotes better sleep, and is healthy for your heart and brain. Examples are jogging, brisk walking, swimming, or bicycling.
What is exercise?
If you have any symptoms of depression or mania, that's when you should see your doctor or mental health professional.
When should you go and see a doctor?
Bipolar disorder is typically diagnosed during late adolescence (teen years) or early adulthood. Occasionally, bipolar symptoms can appear in children.
When is bipolar disorder typically diagnosed?
It is a black and white ribbon to symbolize the episodes of depression and mania that can be part of bipolar disorder.
What is the color of the bipolar disorder awareness ribbon?
Suddenly stopping a medication may lead to a “rebound” or worsening of bipolar disorder symptoms
What is the risk of suddenly stopping your medication?
Although diagnosis of children and teenagers with bipolar disorder includes the same criteria that are used for adults, symptoms in children and teens often have different patterns and may not fit neatly into the diagnostic categories
How is diagnosis in children different than in adults?
Medications used to treat bipolar disorder include mood stabilizers and second-generation (“atypical”) antipsychotics.
What type of medication could be used to treat bipolar disorder?
Learning more about these differences may help scientists understand bipolar disorder and determine which treatments will work best.
What are the differences between the brains of people who do not have bipolar disorder or any other mental disorder and those who do, and how can we use them to help?
Avoid misuse of alcohol and drugs and keep a routine for eating and sleeping.
What are some good changes for someone with bipolar disorder to make?
Feel very “up,” “high,” elated, or irritable or touchy VS Feel very sad, “down,” empty, worried, or hopeless
Manic episode VS Depression episode
Having a first-degree relative, such as a parent or sibling, with bipolar disorder, periods of high stress, or drug or alcohol abuse may.
What may increase the risk of bipolar disorder?
It is a day in march, a day to become educated about bipolar disorder. It aims to bring awareness to bipolar disorder.
What is bipolar disorder awareness day?
ECT is a brain stimulation procedure that can help people get relief from severe symptoms of bipolar disorder
What is electroconvulsive therapy?
Mania is more severe than hypomania and causes more noticeable problems. Mania may also create a break from reality (psychosis) and the person may need hospitalization.
What is the difference between mania and hypomania?
It's hard to tell whether these are normal ups and downs in a child/teen, or signs of a mental health problem like bipolar disorder.
Why is it so hard to diagnose bipolar disorder in children and teens?
Subscribing to newsletters through your local mental health organization, wearing a ribbon, be open about bipolar disorder and why it matters, and many more examples are possible.
What are some things I can do to spread awareness about bipolar disorder?