Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
1. Powerpoint
a. 2 Truths and a lie
i. What is bipolar disorder
1. On average 5.7 million adults in
the United States are affected by bipolar disorder, which is
equivalent to the population in wisconsin and about 2.6% of
the adult population.
2. It occurs in roughly 3-5 percent of
the population, depending on how we define it. It turns out
that more than half of patients will actually have their first
episode before age 20.
ii. What is the frequencies of the mood shifts.
1. There is no one answer to how
frequent a mood shift can occur it depends on the person
and the severity of their disorder. The picture in the bottom
2. Mood shifts can occur up to
several times a week or as few as only several times a year
3. One specific extreme in a mood
swing can last weeks or even months
iii. Are there different types of bipolar disorder?
1. Bipolar I disorder- at least one
manic or mixed episode, and at least one major depressive
episode; each episode may last several weeks or months.
most severe type
2. Bipolar II disorder- at least one
major depressive episode that can last up to two weeks and
at least one hypomanic episode that lasts up to four days,a
manic episode would not occur
3. Cyclothymic disorder- numerous
periods of hypomania symptoms and periods of depressive
symptoms which have occurred for a minimum of two years;
symptoms occur at least half the time and never go away for
more than two months at a time
4. Rapid Cycling- four or more
mood episodes within a 12 month period
5. Not otherwise specified- does not
follow a particular pattern of episodes
b. Video
i. video analysis (Kayla D)
c. Survey Analysis
i. Me and kayla sisk Surveyed 40 people from
our school, kayla is now going to go over the analysis from the
survey.
associated with?
1. Manic episode
a. definition: showing
wild and apparently deranged excitement and energy
b. Mood changesi. a
period of an overly happy or outgoing mood
ii. extre
me irritability
c. Behavioral
changesi. having
racing thoughts/talking very fast
ii. easily
distracted
iii. overly
restless
iv. increa
sing number of activities/projects
v. sleepi
ng minimal hours/lack of tiredness
vi. engag
ing in high risk behaviors
2. depressive episode
a. Mood Changesi. an
extended period of sadness or feeling hopeless
ii. loss of
interest in once enjoyed activities
b. Behavioral
changesi. overtir
ed
ii. proble
ms concentrating, remembering, and making
decisions
iii. feeling
restless or irritable
iv.
chang
v. thoug
hts of death or suicide, attempting suicide
How is it misunderstood or how have people
iv.