Bipolar Disorder
Mental disorder characterized by elevated mood & depression
Symptoms
-Sad or empty feeling
-Trouble sleeping at night
-Feeling worthless
-Work, family, social life suffering
-euphoric, revved up, irritable
Causes
Exact cause is unknown. factors could be:
-Biological differences
-neurotransmitters
-Inherited traits
Diagnosis
-Physical exams
-Psychology evaluation
-Mood charting
-Signs and symptoms
Treatments
Medications and physcotherapy
Prevalence
-Affects 5.7 million or 2.6% of the US.
-Equal between men and women
-mostly by 25 y/o
Prognosis
-Only can be treated by medications and therapy.