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How you cope with a mental illness can greatly impact the overall quality of life. A brief guide to coping with Bipolar Disorder.
This is a research paper that provides a basic overview of the symptoms of and issues surrounding bipolar disorder. It also provides information about pediatric bipolar disorder and its related educational policies and implications.
Lisa's dramatic mood and behavioral changes had, for years, caused her problems in her personal and professional life. She shares her journey with bipolar disorder- through diagnosis, acceptance, and her quest for better understanding of the condition.
A discussion on some affects on the family of a sufferer of Bipolar Disorder. Also a brief history and introduction to this disease of abnormal shifts in mood, energy and the ability to function normally.
Bipolar disorder affects more and more people every day. With no cure in sight, many families have nothing to look forward too. Although doctors are researching ways to treat the disorder, no sure fire method has be discovered.
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 55. It took several years before I felt somewhat normal. Now I live quite sucessfully with bipolar diosrder.
Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a tough mental impairment to live with. I know that from experience. However, I'm not the only one who has to deal with it, or has ever had to do so.
Bipolar, formorly known as Manic-Depression, is a fairly well-known condition. However, when most people talk about bipolar, they are referring to Bipolar I, and rarley mention the "other" form, known as Bipolar II.
This is a serious recollection of a manic and depressive episode I have lived through while struggling with the disabling illness of Bipolar Disorder. I feel in decribing the actual events it helps people understand how this illness can effect the mind.
Bipolar disorder is treatable.
The objective of this paper will be to overview treatments other than medication -which is believed to be a prelude and a necessity for bipolar disorder.
This paper takes a look at Bipolar disorder to assess what it is, how it affects the human brain and behavioral systems, who it affects, what causes it, and how to treat it.
When treated and channeled appropriately, the symptoms of bipolar disorder can result in a signficant impact on society, the Arts and on future generations.
With approximately two percent of the adult population suffering from bipolar disorder, many wonder how many of these mental health patients exhibited symptoms in childhood. This is an overview of the issues surrounding pediatric bipolar disorder, often misdiagnosed.
This article examines the case of Virginia Woolf, a famous author whose bipolar illness actually help to make her one of the greatest female writers of her time.
For children experiencing dual mental health complications, involving Bipolar disorder and Separation anxiety, the daily activities of life can be challenging. For parents, this is an overview of symptoms and treatment options.
This article looks into the nightmare of bipolar from the patient's view and is written by the spouse of a bipolar patient.
This is an article about coming to grips with a difficult diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
Treatment for bipolar disorder can be a long, bumpy road. This article outlines the various treatments I received.
This article will give readers advice on identifying the mental disorder bipolar disorder.
A report published in Biological Psychiatry by researchers from the Yale School of Medicine reported astounding information concerning the progression of bipolar disorder.
There are a lot of things people either don't know about bipolar disorder, or have heard and tend to believe about people who have it. This article is meant to debunk some of them and add a few interesting facts.
Living life with Bipolar Disorder is the hardest thing I have ever done.
While the true statistics, with regard to the number of Bipolar disorder sufferers, is not known, it is believed that many more may suffer from Cyclothymic disorder which is often misdiagnosed or under diagnosed.
An explanation of Electro-convulsive Therapy and its uses in modern psychiatric medicine. ECT is making a come back when it comes to treating depression and bipolar disorder; more commonly known as manic depression.
Here are a few ways that you could go about getting treatment for bipolar disorder.
Statistics say that Bipolar Disorder effets 1% of the population from the age of 18 and older.
Of all the things I've learned in the field of psychology, I find the paradox of bipolar disorder to be most intriguing.
A person who suffers from Chronic Depression and Bipolar Disorder can leave a lot of destruction behind him as he goes through his days and nights. Those he lives with also suffer as they experience his behavior and try to help.
Bipolar Disorder is an often puzzling disorder characterized by mood swings. What are the symptoms of this disorder and what treatments are available to help?
Manic-Depression, Bipolar Disorder are two commonly heard phrases when it comes to mental health and psychiatry.
With more than two million individuals suffering from bipolar disorder, Equetro is becoming a commonly used prescription drug to control symptoms.
Life with bipolar disorder is like living on an emotional roller coaster that never ends. You never get used to the ups and downs; you never get used to crying one minute and bouncing off the walls the next.
Treating bipolar disorder (also referred to as manic-depression) can be difficult and will most likely be a lifelong battle. In order to effectively treat bipolar disorder (BPD), you first need to make sure that you have the proper diagnosis.
A general rundown of bipolar disorder, symptoms, treatments, and causes.
A history and description of Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymic disorder, and bipolar disorder not othewise specified.
Manic-depressive illness and creative accomplishment share certain non cognitive features like the ability to function well on a few hours of sleep.
When you have Bipolar, sometimes expressing how you feel can be difficult to those you love. For myself this is how I feel every day. Some think we feel nothing, but this is not true!

I hope my words touch your soul in some way..

A study of Bipolar disorder which includes treatment and managing the disorder.
Manic-depressive condition, also known as bipolar disorder, can cause everything from mood swings to suicide attempts.
There are many who suffer from depression or manic disorders that exhibit each and every kind of depression there is known to doctors.
Bipolar disorders are a group of mood disorders that include what used to be called manic depressive disorders.They are marked by severe mood swings, but are treatable and many famous and accomplished people have been bipolar.
It sounds like everyone from your five-year-old to Britney Spears might have bipolar disorder. Confused yet?
Patients with mania are expansive, often hypersexual, foolish in financial and other choices, and are very irritable. They often have impaired sleep. They are happy but those around them are miserable.
Getting things done is a challenge when my capabilities aren't stable.
Bipolar disorder otherwise known as manic-depressive disorder is a condition that causes abnormal fluctuations in a person's mood and manner.
Deconstructs the rise of mental illness in America, and examines causes other than a general decline in American mental Health. Provides interesting facts and statistics about mental illness at home and abroad, and offers opinions from several experts.
The general public should by now be able to accept that there are many people with a mental illness and at any time it could affect their family.
For individuals who have a poor outcome to mental health treatment may be experiencing a complication known as polyamine stress response, PSR.