Bipolar Disorder The affects on patients and their families
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Contents
Introduction Page 2
The Diagnoses: Signs and Symptoms Page 3-4
Causes Page 5-6
Currant Treatments Page 7-9
The affects on Family Page 10-13
New Research: The search for answers Page14-16
Bibliography Page 17
Bipolar Disorder: The affects on patients and their families
Bipolar Disorder is a debilitating mental illness which touches the lives of many Canadians by putting stress on relationships, education, productivity, and their overall quality of life. There are many types of symptoms, different theories and research to causes, as well as treatments. All these have a very hard and long role on their families and friends. Please be advised that as I talk about the impact on families and friends, I will also include my own experiences as a child who had a parent with bipolar as well as a mother and wife who now suffers from the disease herself. We will be discussing all of these topics during this essay.
The Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms
There are several different types of Bipolar Disorder which differ in the pattern and severity of symptoms or episodes of highs and lows. Bipolar I disorder is the most severe of the illnesses which consists of one or more manic episodes or mixed episodes everyday for at least 1 week along with one or more symptom of major depressive episodes. Bipolar II disorder consists of one or more depressive episodes accompanied by one Hypomania episode (less severe than a manic episode). Cyclothymic disorder consists of chronic fluctuating moods which involve a period of hypomania and depression which are much shorter, less severe, and with no seen pattern. (http://www...