Bipolar and Related Disorders: Bipolar I Disorder Flashcards
What is bipolar I disorder?
bipolar I disorder includes
- at least one manic episode
- occurence of spontaneous depression, manias, and hypomanias
- pattern of cycling between mania, hypmania, and depression
For a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, which criteria is necessary to meet; manic, hypomanic, and/or major depressive episode?
manic episode
For a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, can a manic episode be preceded by and hypomanic or major depressive episodes?
Yes
For a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, how many criterias are set for manic episode?
4 (A-D)
What is the Criteria A for manic episode?
distinct period of:
- abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood AND
- abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy,
- lasting at least 1 week AND
- present most of the day, nearly every day (or any duration if hospitalization is necessary)
What is the Criteria B for manic episode?
- how many sypmtoms must be meet and to what degree
- how many syptoms are there and what are they
During the period of mood disturbance and increased energy or activity:
- three or more symptoms, OR
- four symptoms, if ONLY an irritable mood present
- present to a significant degree & a noticeable change from usual behavior
7 Symptoms
- Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
- Decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep).
- More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
- Flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing
- Distractibility (i.e., attention too easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli), as reported or observed.
- Increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation (i.e., purposeless non-goal-directed activity)
- Excessive involvement in activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g., engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments).
What is the Criteria C for manic episode?
severe mood disturbance causing:
- marked impairment in social or occupational functioning OR
- hospitalization to prevent harm to self or others, OR
- there are psychotic features
What is the Criteria D for manic episode?
episode not attributable:
- to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication, other treatment) OR
- a medical condition
For a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, how many manic episodes are required for a diagnosis?
at least one manic episode
How long must symptoms last for; for manic episode?
lasting at least 1 week
How long must a symptom be present for manic episode?
present most of the day, nearly every day
How many symptoms must be present for a manic episode?
3 or more or 4 if the mood is ONLY irritable
What are the defining features (symptoms) of a manic episode?
- inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
- decreased need for sleep
- more talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
- flight of ideas/thoughts are racing
- distractibility
- increase in goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation
- excessive involvement in activities with high potential for painful consequences
How many criterias are set for hypomanic episode?
6 (A-F)
What is the Criteria A for hypomanic episode?
distinct period of:
- abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood AND
- abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy,
- lasting at least 4 consecutive days AND
- present most of the day, nearly every day
What is the Criteria B for hypomanic episode?
- how many sypmtoms present and to what degree
- how many syptoms are there and what are they
During the period of mood disturbance and increased energy and activity:
- three or more symptoms
- four symptoms, if ONLY irritable mood is present
- persisted, a noticeable change from usual behavior & present to a significant degree
7 Sypmtoms
- Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity.
- Decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep).
- More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking.
- Flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing.
- Distractibility (i.e., attention too easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli), as reported or observed.
- Increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation.
- Excessive involvement in activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g., engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments).
What is the Criteria C for hypomanic episode?
episode associated with unequivocal change in functioning that is uncharacteristic, when not symptomatic
What is the Criteria D for hypomanic episode?
disturbance in mood and change in functioning are observable by others
What is the Criteria E for hypomanic episode?
episode not severe enough:
- to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning OR
- to hospitalize
- If psychotic features, the episode is manic
What is the Criteria F for hypomanic episode?
episode not attributable:
- to physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication, other treatment) OR
- medical condition
For a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, how many hypomanic episodes are required for a diagnosis?
they are common but NOT required
How long must symptoms last for; for hypomanic episode?
lasting at least 4 consecutive days
How long must a symptom be present for hypomanic episode?
present most of the day, nearly every day
How many symptoms must be present for a hypomanic episode?
3 or more or 4 if the mood is ONLY irritable
What are the defining features (symptoms) of a hypomanic episode?
- inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
- decreased need for sleep
- more talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
- flight of ideas/thoughts are racing
- distractibility
- increase in goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation
- excessive involvement in activities with high potential for painful consequences
How many criterias are set for major depressive episode?
3 (A-C)
What is the Criteria A for major depressive episode?
- how many sypmtoms present and to what degree
- how many syptoms are there and what are they
- five or more symptoms
- present during the same 2-week period AND
- represent a change from previous functioning;
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at least one of the symptoms is either
- depressed mood OR
- loss of interest or pleasure
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at least one of the symptoms is either
9 Sypmtoms
DO NOT include symptoms clearly attributable to another medical condition.
- Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, as indicated by either subjective report (e.g., feels sad, empty, or hopeless) or observation made by others (e.g., appears tearful). (Note: In children and adolescents, can be irritable mood.)
- Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day (as indicated by either subjective account or observation).
- Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain (e.g., a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month), or decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day. (Note: In children, consider failure to make expected weight gain.)
- Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day.
- Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day (observable by others; not merely subjective feelings of restlessness or being slowed down).
- Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day.
- Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt (which may be delusional) nearly every day (not merely self-reproach or guilt about being sick).
- Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly every day (either by subjective account or as observed by others).
- Recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide.