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Lifespan and Bipolar Disorder
How is one's lifespan affected by the presence of manic depressive disorder, also known as bipolar disorder? Find out more in this video.
Lifespan and Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder in Teens
Bipolar disorder is a tragic mental illness that affects people of all ages. Some of the most tragic cases of the disease are when it afflicts teenagers due to the pivotal nature of that time in their life and the difficulties involved in both being a teenager and dealing with a teenager. About one in every hundred and fifty people has the disease, seven percent of those being teenagers....
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
The basics of an often misunderstood and frequently feared condition....
Information On Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known under its old name \"manic depression\", is a mental illness characterized by constantly changing moods....
Treatment For Bipolar Disorder
Each one of us faces different experiences everyday that will somehow shape us into a better person, from happiness to struggle. The world is indeed very sophisticated and if you feel you do not know how to handle it, you could end up quitting all together. People with this kind of perspective or view in life as somewhat dark are associated as someone who may be suffering from bipolar disorder....
Bipolar Disorder and Extreme Happiness
It makes me smile when I see a list of symptoms for bipolar disorder that include "extreme happiness" or "euphoria". Of course, I do not smile too much because I do not want someone that may pass by to think I might be "extremely happy" or "euphoric". However, secretly my life goals are to be extremely healthy, extremely abundant, and "extremely happy". Therefore, I'm a little embarrassed to share that one of my life goals is to achieve a symptom of bipolar disorder....
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric condition that when it strikes can be devastating for the person afflicted with it as well as family, friends and co-workers....
Understanding Bipolar Disorders
Bipolar is an illness that causes stress and extreme mood changes. An individual or group that experiences bipolar symptoms has maniac episodes of high energy to the extreme lows of depression. It is a psychiatric condition defined by extreme, often inappropriate and unpredictable mood swings....
Bipolar Disorder Symptoms and Treatment
Bipolar disorder or as it is also called manic depression is a psychiatric illness that leads to dramatic and unpredictable swings in a person's mood, energy, thinking and behavior for a long period of time. It can be a genetic contribution and environmental influence, but it varies between individuals in different age or periods of life. In most cases people don't indentify the disorder or take it not serious enough, what results later in unnecessary suffering, although with the proper treatment and support they could easily get rid of this trouble....
Bipolar Disorder in Children
Is your child bi-polar? How do you know if your kid is bi-polar? This question is hard to answer simply due to the fact that bi-polar disorder is not something that can be physically tested for and, a bipolar diagnosis is in fact nothing more than a opinion given by a medical professional, as is schizophrenia and depression....
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Once better known as "manic depression", the term bipolar was coined by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in the late nineteenth century, originally referring to all kinds of mood disorder. Bipolar disorder can be found in all age groups, races, ethnic groups and social classes. An equal number of men and women are being affected....
