Bipolar Flashcards
among bad symptoms are exaggerations of normal: (5)
1 sadness and fatigue 2 joy and exuberance 3 sensuality and sexuality 4 irritability and rage 5 energy and creativity
what does BAD magnify
common human experiences to larger than life proportion
to be diagnosed as BAD, the patient has to have had…?
at least one episode of mania or hypomania alternating with periods of either normal or depressed mood.
bipolar males v female ratio
Type 1
equally common Type 1
bipolar males v female ratio
Type 2
more women Type 2
approximately ___% patients with bipolar report some sort of stressor to their first manic episodes
66%
Influences:
what 3 factors precipitate mood changes?
particularly in patients with what predisposition?
Environmental
Psychosocial
Physical stressors
-precipitate mood changes, particularly in patients with a genetic predisposition
Which is more common Bipolar (BAD), or MDD?
BAD, Bipolar, is more common… than MDD
Looseness of associations is regarding
a. schizo
b. mania
a. schizo
NOT mania
diagnostic criteria for a manic episode
a distinct period of what kinds of mood changes? (3 adjectives)
persistently:
1 elevated mood
2 expansive mood
3 irritable mood
diagnostic criteria for a manic episode
increased goal directed activity or energy lasting at least # week?
1 week
diagnostic criteria for a manic episode
how often does persistently increased goal-directed activity or energy last, during its distinct period?
1. per day?
2. how many days?
3. What about during hospitalization?
- present most of the day
- nearly every day
- any duration if hospitalization is necessary
diagnostic criteria for a manic episode
during the period of mood disturbance, # symptoms have persisted and present to a significant degree?
> =3, greater than or equal to 3 symptoms
diagnostic criteria for a manic episode
during the period of mood disturbance # of symptoms have persisted if the mood is only irritable?
4 symptoms if the mood is only irritable
diagnostic criteria for a manic
during manic period regarding-
self esteem?
inflated self esteem
diagnostic criteria for a manic
during manic period regarding-
grandiosity?
inflated grandiosity