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 Brain disorder that causes severe shifts in mood, energy,

activity levels, and ability to do everyday tasks.
Different from usual ups and downs
Results of untreated bipolar disorder
Characterized by extreme changes in mood.
- Mania or hypomania
- Depression
- Mixed state

- Mood: overly happy, excited, and energetic; irritable, confusion, anger, feeling
trapped.
- Behavior: fast talking, easily distracted, goal planning, poor sleep, impulsive sex
and money spend

- May also be hypomania

- Mood: sad, worry, empty, sense of worthlessness

- Behavior: slowed down, change in sleeping or eating habits, thinking or
attempting suicidal

Severe depression,
Moderate depression,
and mild low mood

Normal or balanced
mood

Hipomania and
severe mania

- May be confused with other disorders, for example, schizophrenia.

- The most useful tool is speaking with the patient.
- Mood swings or other symptoms
- Severity, length, frequency

- Mental illness in family history

- BP has a strong genetic component

-Use of blood and urine tests

- Exclude other causes

- See presence of other drugs
-Use of high tech neuro imaging tests

- No single cause
- Genetics:
- Bipolar Disorder Phenome Database

- Bipolar I disorder is characterized

by manic or mixed episodes and
usually, although not always, having
depressive episodes.
- The symptoms of mania or
depression must be a major change
from the person's normal behavior.

- Around 2.5% of the U.S. population has Bipolar

- Both men and women.
- Main difference how is presented at first.
- Most people are in their teens or early 20s when symptoms of bipolar disorder

first appear.
- Nearly everyone with bipolar I disorder develops it before age 50.
- People with family members with bipolar disorder.

- Mental Disorder
- Depression and Hypomanic episodes

- Almost 6 million people in United States suffer

from bipolar disorder.
- Less severe than bipolar 1, but more severe
depressions.
- Neurotransmitters play a big role in bipolar
disorders.
- Daily task: Can be develop.

- Almost everyone could suffer from bipolar

disorder 2

- Late age of teens and early 20s adults

- Genetic risk
- Try not to judge, be comprehensive and
tolerant

Consist of two parts:

- Hypomanic Episodes
- Depressive Episodes

Drug Treatment:

- Mood Stabilizers
- Antidepressives
- Antipsychotics
Therapeutic Treatment