Bipolar 2 Flashcards
Alertness during manic episode (mental status)
Normal unless sleep deprived
(alertness and orientation will be the only “normal” findings)
Mental status finding: orientation during manic episode
normal unless psychotic
Mental status finding: motor activity manic episode
Restless or agitated
Mental status finding: appearance during manic episode
Dramatic
Mental status finding: speech during manic episode
Often pressured
Mental status finding: affect during manic episode
Labile or seductive
Mental status finding: mood during manic episode
Elevated or irritable
Mental status finding: thought process during manic episode
- Tangential or loose associations/flight of ideas
- Clang associations (ex: “Slagle, bagel, fagel!”)
(Thought Content: May have paranoid or grandiose delusions or hallucinations)
Mental status finding: thought content during manic episode
- Paranoid or grandiose
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
Mental status finding: attention during manic episode
Distractible
Mental status finding: memory during manic episode
May be impaired
Mental status finding: judgment during manic episode
May be impaired
(insight as well)
The key feature defining bipolar from schizophrenia
Psychosis: looking for cycling
(Core symptoms of bipolar disorder are about mood; Psychosis is secondary. Schizophrenia is about psychosis)
_____% of people the single manic episode will have another episode
90
On average a patient with bipolar disorder will have 4 episodes every _____.
10 years
(they should remain on medication even though they haven’t had an episode four years. The effects of mania and depression can be devastating)
_____% do bipolar patients who experience chronic interpersonal or occupational difficulties
60
Maternal ________ may be one cause of bipolar disorder.
Maternal infection w/the flu