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Mental Health Newslette r Sarah Scohy PSY470

“Sleep, strength and energy, behavior, judgement, actions and the ability to concentrate and think clearly may be influenced by these mood changes.”

BIPOLAR DISORDER

What Is Bipolar Disorder? People who experience bipolar disorde r are known go through drops of depression and manic highs. These people change back and forth between these intense moods on an emotional roller coaster of emotions, and several of bipolar suffers become suicidal. (Comer, R. J. 2018). Depression causes one to feel sad or helpless and lose all interest or enjoyment in everyday things. An by Unknown Author is licensed under individual can feel "euphoric", bursting with energy and sometimes unusually irritable when their mood changes from mania. Sleep, strength and energy, behavior, judgement, actions and the ability to concentrate and think clearly may be influenced by these mood changes.

What Causes It? There has been a lot of research on Bipolar and what causes them, but there is no exact known cause. Experts believe that it might be caused by a chemical

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i u i ju understand the illnesses so that as many people can receive the help, they need without feeling like they are unworthy of it”

s of Bipolar? s illness: one manic episode and it that could be major depressive episodes followed by them. Sometimes, “Breaks of reality” might be the result of mania—this is referred to as psychosis. Bipolar II: Someone that has experienced at least one episode of major depression as well as at least one episode of hypomania. People with Bipolar II do not experience manic episodes. Some people will experience several phases of hypomanic symptoms and moderate symptoms of depression, a trend in DSM-5 referred to as Cyclothymic disorder. This is a milder type of bipolar disorder and symptoms can linger for two or more years, sometimes disrupted by normal moods that can last for days or sometimes even weeks. This condition typically starts in adolescence or young adulthood (Comer, R. J. 2018).

What Are the Symptoms of Mania? For 1 week or more, individuals exhibit a continuously irregular, stressed, uncontrolled, or anxious mood, as well as continuously increased energy or movement. This lasts for most of each day. Individual also feels (at least three) of the following symptoms:

TREATMENT Treatment options for Bipolar Disorder include medications (like antidepressant s, and mood stabilizers), Psychotherap y CBT or IIRSRT), or treatment

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Grandiosity or exaggerated self-esteem

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A decreased need for sleep

STIGMA The term “Stigma” refers to the “devaluing, disgracing, and disfavoring by the general pubic of individuals with mental illnesses” (Abdullah & Brown, 2011). Stigmas hold the responsibility for discrimination when it comes to Bipolar Disorder. Many people have a hard time finding jobs, schooling, and even denial of full citizenship. These things might make it hard for a person to receive treatment for their diagnosis—and thus the patient might be unwilling to receive treatment. Around the world, there are different views on mental illness. American Indian tribes mainly do not stigmatize their mental health, but in some Asian cultures they do. It is very important to un-stigmatize all mental illness—not just Bipolar— and to understand the illnesses so that as many people can receive the help, they need without feeling like they are unworthy of it (Cultural

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programs like support groups or substance abuse programs (Mayo Clinic, 2018) References: Comer, R. J., & Comer, J. S. (2018). Abnormal Psychology (10th ed.). Worth Publishers/Macmillan Learning.

Cultural Perspectives on Mental Health. (2019). Uniteforsight.org. https://www.uniteforsight.org/mentalhealth/module7#_ftn1

Mayo Clinic. (2018). Bipolar disorder - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic. Mayoclinic.org; https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bipolar-disorder/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20355961

NHS Choices. (2019). Causes - Bipolar disorder. NHS. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bipolar-disorder/causes/...