Category: Bipolar
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February 9th, 2012 |
Depression doesn’t go away for everyone. For most people, depression is temporary and passes naturally or passes once the person has expressed the feelings and resolved the thoughts causing the depression. But there are a small percentage of people who can talk about their issues, express their feelings, take very good care of themselves emotionally, even take medication and have a great life and still be depressed throughout their entire lives. They may have periods of feeling good, periods of feeling less bad, and periods of feeling horrible, but the depression never goes away permanently.
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February 1st, 2012 |
Individuals with bipolar disorder struggle with many issues, including poor treatment outcome and overall decreased functioning. Anxiety is common among individuals with bipolar disorder and can exacerbate the negative symptoms, resulting in suicidal ideation, poorer quality of life, more severely impaired functioning, and even nonresponse to medication. But little research has examined how the comorbidity of these two mental health problems affects teens and children.... Read More
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December 21st, 2011 |
Empathy is an emotion that is directly related to the bonds that were formed in childhood. “Children from secure and loving backgrounds develop enhanced motivation and competencies for empathy and compassion for self and others, in comparison with children from insecure backgrounds,” said Helen Rockliff of the Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology at the University of Bristol in the UK, and lead... Read More
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December 6th, 2011 |
Rumination is often associated with depression. People who ruminate about negative events tend to be more susceptible to develop depression. But little research has been conducted to explore how rumination affects the manic or depressive states of bipolar disorder (BD). To fill this void, June Gruber of the Psychology Department at Yale University, led a study to determine how negative and positive rumination influence the onset of episodes in people with bipolar. Emotional regulation is a main component of bipolar and strategies... Read More
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November 29th, 2011 |
A new study involving people with bipolar suggests that setting extrinsic goals may be a predictor for manic episodes. Individuals with bipolar disorder are aware that setting high goals can cause them to get overstimulated and result in a manic episode. “The reward sensitivity model has been found to be useful in predicting the course of mania; indeed, increases in mania over time have been predicted by self-reported reward sensitivity, life events involving reward, and elevations in behavior focused on attaining reward and goals,”... Read More
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November 21st, 2011 |
College in London theorized that self-reports and parent reports of symptomology would provide a more accurate picture of a child’s overall behavior. “This study uses an alternative approach to the question of youth BP starting at the level of individual symptoms that occur during an episode of elated mood,” said Goodman of his recent study. Goodman and his colleagues were concerned mostly with bipolar not otherwise specified (BPNOS), a condition that previous research has suggested eventually develops into BPI or BPII. “These findings suggested... Read More
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October 20th, 2011 |
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There are many forms of bipolar within the spectrum of bipolar spectrum disorders (BSDs), including Bipolar II, cyclothymia, Bipolar I and bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (BiNOS). “Bipolar spectrum disorders (BSDs) occur in 4.4% of the U.S. population and can be associated with severe personal, social, and economic costs,” said Lauren B. Alloy of the Department of Psychology at Temple University. BSDs often manifest during the emotionally charged years of adolescence, making it difficult to diagnose. “Inasmuch as BSDs... Read More
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October 13th, 2011 |
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There is significant disagreement in the clinical community as to the prevalence of pediatric bipolar disorder. This is due in part to the symptoms that children exhibit in comparison to the symptoms seen in adults with bipolar. In addition, the validity of the parent-reported version of the General Behavior Inventory (PGBI), a tool used to measure symptoms in children who may have bipolar, has been in question. In a recent study, Andrew J. Freeman of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, along with his colleagues from several other universities,... Read More
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October 11th, 2011 |
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People with extraordinarily high IQs and very creative individuals have often been accused of walking a fine line between genius and mental instability. But do people with extremely creative personalities and people with legitimate mental health issues have similar traits? According to a new study led by Andreas Fink of the University of Graz, they do. In particular, previous research conducted on writers has revealed that poets and novelists have a disproportionately high level of mental health problems, specifically bipolar disorder. “Throughout... Read More
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September 6th, 2011 |
Impulsivity and distorted reward valuation is a common symptom in people with both schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD). Specifically, the manic state of bipolar includes extreme behaviors such as risky sexual activities, substance abuse and overspending, that are exhibited even when a long-range reward for abstaining from such behavior is present. Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine recently conducted a study to determine precisely how the time delay in deliverance of rewards, called delay discounting, related... Read More
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August 11th, 2011 |
Current research has revealed that approximately 20 percent of children and 6 percent of adults with bipolar II will develop bipolar I in their lifetime. Researchers from Temple University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Northwestern University, conducted a longitudinal study to determine if these findings were accurate and to identify which risk factors increased the likelihood of bipolar... Read More
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August 10th, 2011 |
Art making is not enough. Storytelling is not enough. Writing lyrics/music is not enough. Dancing is not enough to transform emotional pain and suffering into emotional freedom. If art making were enough, we wouldn't be reading about talented artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain and others who tragically slipped through a fissure in their lives to the other side because they succumbed to their demons. Demons, in this context are disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (IV) of the American Psychiatric Association. Read More
July 25th, 2011 |
Positive emotions can offer great benefits to people and even improve both physical and mental health. But in a recent article, June Gruber of Yale University explains how an extremely positive attitude can be harmful for people with bipolar. Episodes of mania are one of the symptoms of bipolar, and can cause someone to... Read More
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July 5th, 2011 |
The American Geriatrics Society’s Guide to the Management of Psychotic Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia in Older Adults was released recently on their website, located at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/. The guide is the latest resource for clinicians to use in the diagnosis and treatment of older clients with symptoms of mental health challenges such as major depression,... Read More
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