Transcript Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder
Dakota Miller
Micah Moyer
What is it?
• Bipolar disorder is a mental illness.
• It is also classified as a mood disorder.
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Mood
Energy
Activity levels
Ability to perform daily tasks
How do you get it?
• No single cause.
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Genetics
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Seems to run in families.
Physiological
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Abnormalities in certain brain circuits could be the root of the
problem.
How do you get it? (continued)
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Environmental
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Environmental factors play important role in developing bipolar
disorder.
Individual psychosocial variables may interact with genetic
dispositions.
Including:
• Recent life events
• Interpersonal relationships
How do you get it? (continued)
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Neurological
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A bipolar-like disorder can occur due to a neurological condition or
injury.
Including:
• Stroke
• Traumatic brain injury
• HIV infection
• Multiple sclerosis
How is it diagnosed?
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Bipolar I Disorder
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Manic or mixed episodes that last 1 week.
Manic symptoms severe & person needs immediate hospital care.
Depressive episodes that last 2 weeks.
Bipolar II Disorder
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Pattern of depressive & hypomanic episodes.
No full-blown manic episodes.
How is it diagnosed? (continued)
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Five types:
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Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
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Symptoms of the illness exist.
Don’t meet criteria for Bipolar I or Bipolar II.
Symptoms clearly out of normal behavior range.
Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder
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Rapid changes in mood.
4+ episodes of major depression, mania, hypomania, or mixed in 1
year.
How is it diagnosed? (continued)
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Cyclothymic Disorder
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Also called Cyclothymia.
Mild form of bipolar disorder.
Episodes of hypomania & mild depression occur for 2 years.
Symptoms don’t meet requirements for any other type of bipolar
disorder.
Parts of Bipolar
• Mania
• Depression
• Hypomania
• Mixed state
Mania
• Abnormally elevated energy levels
• Opposite of Depression
Mania
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Symptoms
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Energy increase
Unusually more talkative/Hyperactive
Racing thoughts
Irritable
Little sleep required
Self-esteem inflated
Behavior is reckless
Mania
Depression
• Abnormally decreased energy levels
• Opposite of Mania
Depression
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Symptoms
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Sad
Crying uncontrollably
A lot of guilt
Fatigue
Anxiety/Social withdrawal
Sleeping problems
Eating problems
Hypomania
• Not full blown Mania
• Symptoms can still be those of Mania
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Extremely energetic
Talkative
Confident
Hyper-sexuality
creativity
Mixed State
• Being in a Manic AND Depressive state at the same time
How to Help
• If you want to help someone with a mental illness you
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Not treat them different
Be empathetic, not sympathetic
Let them talk
For the love of god do not tell them it gets better
LISTEN
What is the treatment?
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Everyone’s different, so
medication needed varies.
Sometimes combinations of
medication needed.
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Drugs used
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Mood stabilizers
Anxiety relieving drugs
Medicines
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Lithium
Anticonvulsants
Antipsychotics
Antidepressants
Benzodiazepines
Can it be prevented?
• It cannot be prevented
• Symptoms can be controlled with meds
Works Cited
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder
• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolardisorder/index.shtml
• http://www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-disorder