Archive for the 'Bipolar' Category

Borderline Personality Disorder VS Bipolar

This interesting article addresses some of the key issues regarding Bipolar. A careful reading of this material could make a big difference in how you think about Bipolar. Borderline personality disorder and bipolar are often mistaken as being the same thing. They are also often misdiagnosed, one for the other. This is because the symptoms [...]

Psychiatric Evidence of Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a serious mental illness that has eluded doctors for decades. For many years, bipolar disorder patients were diagnosed as psychotic or Schitsophrinia. However, about twenty years ago, manic depression became a more common diagnosis. Psychiatric specialists still, however, did not really understand the illness. Over time, more psychiatric evidence [...]

What Are the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder?

From historical figures to celebrities to everyday people, there are many people with bipolar disorder. Whether one hears of these people on television or in real life, the question often arises as to how they know they have bipolar disorder. So, what are the symptoms of bipolar disorder? Since there are two distinct parts of [...]

What Are the Causes of Bipolar Disorder?

The following article covers a topic that has recently moved to center stage–at least it seems that way. If you’ve been thinking you need to know more about it, here’s your opportunity. Bipolar disorder is a difficult illness to manage and to treat. Many who have it may ask themselves, “Why me? What caused all [...]

Concerns of Bipolar Disorder Self Injury

This interesting article addresses some of the key issues regarding Bipolar. A careful reading of this material could make a big difference in how you think about Bipolar. In bipolar disorder, there is sometimes concern about bipolar disorder self injury. This can take many shapes, but is always serious. One form of bipolar disorder self [...]

CBT as Treatment for Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder, known by many as manic depression, is a mental illness caused by a combination of factors, including neurological, biological, emotional, and environmental factors. It is most commonly described as mood cycling or mood swings, in which the patient cycles through moods of depression, mania, and normal behavior. There are many treatment options for [...]

Bipolar Disorder in Children

The best course of action to take sometimes isn’t clear until you’ve listed and considered your alternatives. The following paragraphs should help clue you in to what the experts think is significant. Bipolar disorder is a being diagnosed in children as young as six years old in recent years. Some doctors think this is a [...]

About Type 1 Bipolar Disorder

Do you ever feel like you know just enough about Bipolar to be dangerous? Let’s see if we can fill in some of the gaps with the latest info from Bipolar experts. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mental illness caused by a number of factors including neurological, biological, emotional, and environmental [...]

Childhood Treatment Options for Bipolar Disorder

Imagine the next time you join a discussion about Bipolar. When you start sharing the fascinating Bipolar facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed. Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, has in past years only been found in adults, while children with similar symptoms have been mistakenly diagnosed as have attention deficit disorder (ADD), or [...]

About Bipolar II Disorder

Bipolar disorder is also known as manic depressive disorder. It is a mental illness that presents itself as mood swings or mood cycling. Many people do not realize that there are actually two types of bipolar disorder. Bipolar I disorder is typically defined as raging mood cycling with episodes of extreme mania and depression, as [...]