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Brain disorder that causes severe shifts in mood, energy,

activity levels, and ability to do everyday tasks.

Different from usual ups and downs

Results of untreated bipolar disorder

Characterized by extreme changes in mood.

- Mania or hypomania

- Depression

- Mixed state

- Mood: overly happy, excited, and energetic; irritable, confusion, anger, feelingtrapped.

- Behavior: fast talking, easily distracted, goal planning, poor sleep, impulsive sex and money spend

- May also be hypomania

- Mood: sad, worry, empty, sense of worthlessness

- Behavior: slowed down, change in sleeping or eating habits, thinking orattempting suicidal

Severe depression,Moderate depression,

and mild low mood

Normal or balancedmood Hipomania and

severe mania

- May be confused with other disorders, for example, schizophrenia.

- The most useful tool is speaking with the patient.

- Mood swings or other symptoms

- Severity, length, frequency

- Mental illness in family history

- BP has a strong genetic component

-Use of blood and urine tests

- Exclude other causes

- See presence of other drugs

-Use of high tech neuro imaging tests

- No single cause

- Genetics:

- Bipolar Disorder Phenome Database

- The symptoms of mania or

depression must be a major change

from the person's normal behavior.

- Bipolar I disorder is characterized

by manic or mixed episodes and

usually, although not always, having

depressive episodes.

- Around 2.5% of the U.S. population has Bipolar

- Both men and women.

- Main difference how is presented at first.

- Most people are in their teens or early 20s when symptoms of bipolar disorder

first appear.

- Nearly everyone with bipolar I disorder develops it before age 50.

- People with family members with bipolar disorder.

- Mental Disorder

- Depression and Hypomanic episodes

- Almost 6 million people in United States suffer

from bipolar disorder.

- Less severe than bipolar 1, but more severe

depressions.

- Neurotransmitters play a big role in bipolar

disorders.

- Daily task: Can be develop.

- Almost everyone could suffer from bipolar

disorder 2

- Late age of teens and early 20s adults

- Genetic risk

- Try not to judge, be comprehensive and

tolerant

Consist of two parts:

- Hypomanic Episodes

- Depressive Episodes

Drug Treatment:

- Mood Stabilizers

- Antidepressives

- Antipsychotics

Therapeutic Treatment