Essays Tagged: "Manic Depression"
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath's life, like her manic depression, constantly jumped between Heaven and Hell. Her seemingly perfect exterior hid a tu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Bipolar disorder: treatments and how to cope with the disease.
ent classifications, is prominent among Americans, despite treatment.Bipolar disorder, often called manic depression, is the most common of the depressions, it is also the "most distinct and dramatic ... and excessive involvement in risky behaviors or activities" (Merck 2). Some of the symptoms of the manic phase are: "on top of the world" mood that seems euphoric, expansive, or the mood may be irrit ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
The effects and causes of bipolar disorder / manic depression. (Includes work cited, parenthetical documentation.)
Manic Depression, or Bipolar Disorder as it's medically referred to is a mood disorder that affects ... s a mood disorder that affects approximately 1% of the adult population of the United States (BPI). Manic Depression is an affective disorder, much as clinical depression is, though manic depression i ... wings are highly frequent, and feelings of going through various "highs and lows" all coincide with manic depression (BPI).Perhaps one of the most frustrating things about manic depression, and depres ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Study notes naming various genetically inherited diseases.
behavioral conditions: alcoholism, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorder, eating disorders, manic depression, schizophrenia.* Other genetic diseases: Cleft lip and cleft palate, clubfoot, cyst ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects
a summary on the danger of depression, the symptoms, why teens get depression, and the treatment for depression.
.First, there are two kinds of depression: The sad kind, called major depression, or dysthymia, and manic-depression or bipolar illness, when feeling down and depressed switches with being speeded-up ... .think about death, or feel like you're dying, or have thoughts about committing suicideWHEN YOU'RE MANICfeel high as a kite... like you're "on top of the world".get dumb ideas about the great things ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Bipolar disorders and you. This essay is about both bipolar disorders, the symptoms and treatments.
ent classifications, is prominent among Americans, despite treatment.Bipolar disorder, often called manic depression, is the most common of the depressions, it is also the "most distinct and dramatic ... and excessive involvement in risky behaviors or activities" (Merck 2). Some of the symptoms of the manic phase are: "on top of the world" mood that seems euphoric, expansive, or the mood may be irrit ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Earl Simmons.
that would touch many people in the world today.He decided to rap, to help his lifelong battle with manic depression that he suffered from. After years of hard work and dedication to making it in the ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
Pedophilia in the church.
great. Psychological disorders in victims are common including sexual disorders, bipolar disorder, manic depression and depression; distressing conditions which may ultimately lead to suicide. Victim ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Bipolar disorder.
Manic-depression disorder, also known as bipolar disorder, is a severe mental disorder involving man ... ment usually used alongside of medication. A therapist helps patients detect patterns leading up to manic or depressive episodes and helps identify triggers of episodes. Psychotherapy is not an effici ... s of bipolar disorder in which someone could be diagnosed with. In Bipolar I Disorder, a person has manic or mixed episodes and almost always has episodes depression as well. If someone became ill for ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Manic Depression/ Bi-Polar Affective Disorder (BD)
DSM 1V - Diagnostic Categories for Manic Depression/ Bi-Polar Affective Disorder (BD) There are only two sub-types of bipolar illness, ... contribute to mental illness, researchers at Johns Hopkins studying families with a severe form of manic depressive illness, called psychotic bipolar disorder, may be one step closer to finding the g ... of different approaches. There are a number of mood stabilising medications commonly prescribed for manic depression such as Lithium Carbonate, Lithium Citrate, Carbamazepine and Sodium Valproate. Man ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Manic Depression A research paper over the causes, effects, and explinations on how to deal with the disease.
MANIC DEPRESSIONBipolar disorder causes a person to have mood swings between extreme mania and deep ... rder experience four episodes of mania or depression over any ten-year period (Yahoo Health).In the manic phase of bipolar disorder, people feel outrageously and inappropriately happy and irritable. I ... out of the disorder (Bebchuk, "Surveying Genetics" 3).Personal or work-related stress can trigger a manic episode, but this usually occurs in people with a genetic vulnerability. Psychologists agree t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
What a person goes through and feels when they have Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as bipolar depression, manic depression, and manic-depressive illness, is a form of a depressive illness in which mania and ... patients alternate mania and depression with euthymania (normal mood) in between the two.During the manic phase of bipolar depression a person undergoes changes in mood, distorted thinking and behavio ... undergoes changes in mood, distorted thinking and behavior. Euphoria is extremely common early in a manic episode. During mania, irritability is common, and any form of frustration becomes unbearable. ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Bipolar disorder
or centuries, bipolar disorder has been a common yet mysterious illness. This disease, also called "manic-depressive illness, it is one of the oldest diseases known to man. Over 1% of the population i ... sional world. Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph. D. describes his personal experience with bipolar disorder:"Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rati ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
"The Life of Edgar Allen Poe" Assignment: Read an extended bibliography. Then write an essay in which you explor how the author's works are a reflection of his/her life.
not diagnosable at the time, Poe quite possibly carried a psychological disorder such as bipolar or manic depression. His mental state, when coupled with the many deaths of loved ones and lack of an a ... studies and the idea of depression as a chemical disorder was unheard of. Poe likely suffered from manic depression or bipolar disease that was triggered by his tough upbringing. In The Raven, an ove ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Joan of Arc & Bipolar Disorder
energetic period that just passed. It is not an uncommon disease. Studies have concluded full-blown manic-depression probably occurs in one percent of our population, though many cases go undiagnosed. ... f people (Duke and Hochman).The behavior labeled "Mania" is created by a change in perspective. The manic feels grandiose, able to conquer the world, flush with new and intriguing ideas and inexhausti ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath: Minds of Distortion and Darkness
n and Sylvia Plath were great poets, they were also obsessed with death, darkness, and plagued with manic depression. They yearned for death, and both were able to achieve their life goal of dying. Th ... . During the final days of their lives, though 11 years apart, it was their fixation with death and manic lows that pushed them to suicide. When Sylvia Plath died 11 years before Sexton, Sexton was di ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
A full 23 page paper on the history, signs/symptoms, and treatment on bipolar disorder
a person's disposition, energy level, and ability to function in daily life. "The greatest cost of manic-depressive illness is the personal toll it takes on affected individuals and their families. I ... amilies. It is also incurable," according to E. Fuller Torrey (2002).For many years referred to as "manic depression," this disorder is now characterized in two categories: bipolar I and bipolar II. T ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Bipolar: Cause, Effect, @ Treatment
Causes and EffectsAt least 2 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder, more commonly known as manic-depression. This illness usually begins in adolescence or early adulthood and continues throug ... ime, most individuals with the disorder experience their first mood episode in their 20's. However, manic-depression quite often strike teenagers and has been diagnosed in children under 12. 1% of the ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
BiPolar's Letter
r only then will I feel complete.When I was diagnosed with this debilitating disease ten years ago--manic depression (or as the doctor called it, bipolar disorder)--I guess I really shouldn't have bee ... order. Also, Dr. Timothy and I set a specific sleep schedule for me, with the purpose of mitigating manic episodes. Dr. Timothy encouraged me to mold my thought patterns optimistically, to look at the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
"Catcher in the Rye" book report
is expelled from numerous schools due to his poor academics which are brought on by his depression. Manic depression, compulsive lying, and immaturity throughout the novel characterize Holden.Holden's ... and immature he might have had a happier life. Therefore Holden is a cumpolsive lying, immature and manic depressive teen that can't, and probably won't grow up.
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American