Chapter 6 - Bipolar Disorder

Question 1

Bipolar disorder

Answer 1

Mood disorder marked by manic/hypomanic episodes and depressive episodes (previously called manic-depression)

Question 2

Lithium carbonate

Answer 2

Drug classified as a mood stabiliser that is used in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Question 3

Manic episode

Answer 3

State of persistently elevated or irritable mood and abnormality increased goal-directed activity accompanied by symptoms such as inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts, pressured speech and impulse self-destructive behaviours

Question 4

Grandiosity

Answer 4

Inflated belief about one’s worth, power, knowledge, ability or identity; when extreme may constitute a grandiose delusion.

Question 5

Bipolar I disorder

Answer 5

Form of bipolar disorder characterised by manic episodes; major depressive episodes often occur but are not necessary for the diagnosis

Question 6

Bipolar two disorder

Answer 6

Form of bipolar disorder characterised by hypomanic and major depressive episodes

Question 7

Rapid cycling bipolar disorder

Answer 7

Diagnosis given when an individual has four or more bipolar episodes (mania or depression) within a single year

Question 8

Cyclothymic disorder

Answer 8

Milder but more chronic form of bipolar disorder