Mania

According to The Kim Foundation, about one in every four adults currently has a mental illness. Furthermore, 5.7 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder specifically. Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness in which one experiences extreme changes in emotion, often feeling both elated and depressed at times. In Shakespeare’s famous play Macbeth, the Scottish general Macbeth’s varied emotions can be considered comparable to individuals currently living with bipolar disorder, even…

mixed features: Mixed features refer to mood episodes that are accompanied by symptoms of opposite polarity. -major depression with mixed features- episode that meet the full criteria for a major depression combined with at least three symptoms of mania/hypomania, mainly elevated expansive mood, grandiosity, talkativeness, high energy and goal directed activities, decrease need for sleep and involvement in pleasurable activities. -manic/hypomania with mixed features- episode that meet the full…

Mental disorders or mental health issues have continuously troubled many people throughout the world no matter the age or gender. Some of these disorders include depression, bipolar disorders and schizophrenia. They are some of the most frequently diagnosed illnesses. Although they may have some differences there are some areas in which they share similarities. Two similarities in particular are that they have major effects on ones life and their relationship with those they love.…

disorder that will cause lapses between episodes of high mania and hyperactivity, and episodes of depression. These lapses will often cause an individual to act unusual when compared to their previous behavior. The mania side of bipolar depression will often result in fits of rage where an individual cannot be calmed or controlled. Mania results in an ongoing petulant mood that has to last for at least a week before it can be classified as a mania “episode”. Criteria for having a manic episode…

A. Comprehensive Assessment 1. Demographic Information Mike is a 32-year-old self-identified, cisgender, heterosexual second-generation male of Mexican immigrant decent with no religious affiliation. He resides independently in an apartment where he is responsible for the payment of his rent and bills. Mile is an unemployed due to his current mental health symptoms, which include depression and isolation. Make was fairly well-dressed, wearing clothes that correlate with his cisgender identity.…

Bipolar and Pregnancy Bipolar disorder, sometimes still referred to as manic depression, is a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression. Not only does it cause serious shifts in mood, energy, thinking and behaviour, the cycles of the disorder can last for days, weeks or months at a time. Bipolar disorders also have major adverse social and economic effects that often interfere with a person’s ability to work and function normally. For women, bipolar and pregnancy…

Jamison experienced her first attack of mania when she was a senior in high school. Following a life-changing move from Washington to California, Jamison recalls slowly losing her mind. She “raced about like a crazed weasel”, took up many activities, stayed up all hours of the night for consecutive nights, and made “expansive, completely unrealistic plans for the future” (Jamison 36). She also exhibited notions of inflated self-esteem, stating she “felt [she] could do anything” (Jamison 36).…

serotonin and either high or low levels of norepinephrine. Since Jamie had manic episodes she probably has high norepinephrine levels. Norepinephrine and serotonin are neurotransmitters that are inhibitory. Meaning they stop something from occurring. Mania has an effect on the sodium potassium pump. It causes the neurons in the sodium potassium pump to fire too easily. This explains Jamie’s high energy levels even without sleep. This is because the neurons in her brain were rushing in too much…

the textbook, it is common for BD clients to have dual diagnosis associated with ADHD and anxiety disorders with a 10.6% to 62.5% panic disorder rate. When making this diagnosis, the major consideration was whether Ellen had experience episodes of mania or hypomania. What I took into consideration was the fact that during these episodes of elevated moods, Ellen’s daily functioning was not severely impacted or included any psychotic symptoms that warranted a hospitalization or engaged is…

In accordance to officially diagnose Ernest Hemingway with Bipolar Disorder there has to be a presence of environmental and biological factors; according to the DSM-5 (Association, 2013). For instance, he wrote a letter to his mother-in-law in 1963 stating that he had never experienced such overwhelming melancholia before and that he was glad to have the opportunity to experience it because he would now be able to tolerate what happened to his father. In greater detail, Hemingway’s Father was a…