Elated Mood Flashcards
what are features of a hypomanic episode?
inc in activity
inc in talkativeness
lack of concentration
decreased need to sleep
inc sexual energy
mild spednign sprees/reckless/irresponsible beahviour
(have to be abnormal for the indivual)
hwo long must mood be eleavted to diagnose mania?
at least 1 week
(exception if behaviour so extreme that by day 5 police have had to take person to hospital)
what feature is common in mania?
change in clothes/ attracted to brighter colours
what is the term for a constantly elevated mood?
hyperthymia
what is cyclothymia?
cycling between mood states without ever experiencing the extremes of the spectrum
ealrier onset/longer duration has what kind of clincial outcome?
predicts poorer outcome
what is the differnece between biploar I and II?
Bipolar I: mania + depressive epsiodes
Bipolar II: hypomania + mild depressive episodes
people with bipolar disorders are symptomatic around __% of the time?
around 50% of the time
(47% in I and 53% in II)
which is more common bipolar I or II?
bipolar II
bipolar II spends majority of time manic/depressed
chronic depressive episodes (more than I also)
an episode of (hypo)mania on a background of depression is diagnosed as what?
bipolar
why does bipolar tend to go undiagnosed initialluy?
onset in teens/20’s so many at uni and dont go to GP and goes unnoticed
