bipolar disorder
Mania-depression cycle
Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition marked by extreme mood swings between emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).
During manic phases, a person may feel euphoric, energetic, or irritable; during depressive phases, hopeless and withdrawn.
The cycles vary in frequency and intensity.
She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after her first manic episode.
Informally, bipolar describes anything that swings between extremes: The weather has been bipolar lately.
Lightest solid element
- mood stabilizersDrugs regulating emotional extremes
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- valproateAnticonvulsant mood-stabilizing compound
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
CBT · DBT · electroconvulsive therapy · hospitalization · medication management · relapse prevention · sleep hygiene · routine
Intense, consuming obsession
- depressionProlonged low state
- hypomaniaMild manic state
- mood swingsAbrupt temperament changes
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
irritability · psychosis · depressive episodes · manic episodes · elation · melancholy · grandiosity · insomnia
Psychiatric classification manual
- psychiatristMental disorder physician
- manic-depressiveCycling between emotional extremes
- cyclothymiaMild mood disorder
- comorbiditySimultaneous presence of diseases
differential diagnosis · psychiatric evaluation · screening · onset · family history · misdiagnosis · schizoaffective · spectrum
Chemical neural messengers
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- serotoninMood-regulating brain chemical
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- brain chemistryBrain's chemical signaling processes
amygdala · prefrontal cortex · circadian rhythm · neuroimaging · heritability · glutamate · GABA · neural circuits
Unjust differential treatment
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
disclosure · advocacy · awareness · education · misconception · label · judgment · isolation
lithium
Lightest solid element
- mood stabilizersDrugs regulating emotional extremes
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- valproateAnticonvulsant mood-stabilizing compound
psychotherapy · CBT · DBT · electroconvulsive therapy · hospitalization · medication management · relapse prevention · sleep hygiene · routine · psychoeducation
mania
Intense, consuming obsession
- depressionProlonged low state
- hypomaniaMild manic state
- mood swingsAbrupt temperament changes
euphoria · irritability · psychosis · depressive episodes · manic episodes · elation · melancholy · grandiosity · insomnia · hypersomnia
DSM
Psychiatric classification manual
- psychiatristMental disorder physician
- manic-depressiveCycling between emotional extremes
- cyclothymiaMild mood disorder
comorbidity · differential diagnosis · psychiatric evaluation · screening · onset · family history · misdiagnosis · schizoaffective · spectrum
neurotransmitters
Chemical neural messengers
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- serotoninMood-regulating brain chemical
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
brain chemistry · amygdala · prefrontal cortex · circadian rhythm · neuroimaging · heritability · glutamate · GABA · neural circuits · biomarkers
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- shamePainful awareness of failure
secrecy · disclosure · advocacy · awareness · education · misconception · label · judgment · isolation · criminalization
- Mood Disordersmajor depression, dysthymia, cyclothymia, manic depression, clinical depression
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
- chronic conditionsdiabetes, heart disease, asthma, arthritis, hypertension
- Psychiatrydiagnosis, symptoms, treatment, medication, psychiatrist
- disordersADHD, anxiety, dysfunction, autism, anxiety disorders
- Literary Madnessmadness, insanity, hysteria, melancholia, psychosis
bipolar disorderemotional stability
Resilient, even-keeled temperament
equanimity · steadiness · emotional balance · composure · levelheadedness
bipolar disordermental health
Emotional and cognitive well-being
mental wellness · sound mind · neurotypicality · psychological health · psychological well-being
bipolar disordermajor depressive disorder
Psychiatric illness causing persistent despair
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