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Suffering from Bipolar Disorder Symptoms?

How does one know if they are suffering from bipolar disorder symptoms? What is bipolar disorder, do you think you have bipolar symptoms? This article will attempt to help you distinguish between bipolar disorder symptoms and depression symptoms. If you believe you are suffering from bipolar disorder symptoms, do not despair, as it is reported [...]

Nursing Interventions in the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder

Diagnosis Bipolar Disorder: Bipolar disorder is a severe biologic illness characterized by recurrent fluctuations in mood. Typically, patients experience alternating episodes in which mood is abnormally elevated or abnormally depressed-separated by periods in which mood is relatively normal. (Lehne, 2004, p. 321) The following is a short synopsis according to the DSM-IV-TR, Criteria for Bipolar [...]

Mental Depression and Its Downward Spiral

The term mental depression brings fear to those who hear it. Mental plus illness leads some people to think crazy. This is of course untrue. Although mental depression is a real medical condition it isn't insanity in the classic, negative sense. Drop the mental illness stereotypes. it can be cured, and mental depression does not [...]

Common Bipolar Symptoms in Adults – What You Should Know

Bipolar disorder symptoms in adults are easier to establish than in small children and can be severe. these symptoms are very different from the usual turbulent emotions experienced in daily life and can lead to damaged relationships, poor performance in school and at work, and an inability to perform routine tasks and in the extreme [...]

How to Recognize Depression Symptoms in Your Teen

The wild mood swings experienced among most teenagers are usually a normal part of adolescent behavior, although it can become a nightmare for their parents. However, psychologists have conducted studies and have concluded many teens who do experience ups and downs in their moods are in actuality dealing with teenage depression symptoms. Although a main [...]

Bipolar Handbook – Excellent Book On Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depressive disorder and is a form of mental illness that can affect more than one person in a family; it has genetic roots and can result in constant mood upswings (happy state) to downswings (depression) so that the person is never quite in control of his or her emotions [...]

Steps to Overcoming Depression

DEPRESSION * What is Depression * Types of Depression * Causes of Depression WHAT IS DEPRESSION: an illness that involves our physical body, inner mind e.g. mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person act that is the way we eat and sleep, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks [...]

Depression Leading Cause

With the progress being made in modern medicine genetically some of the leading causes to depression may be a thing of the past. These are the 10 leading killers of American men in 2003, the most recent year for which these statistics are available from the CDC: Rank cause Percentage of male deaths 1 Heart [...]

Depressed or Just Unhappy?

Am I depressed or just unhappy? A difficult question you may think, but it is my opinion that a depressed person knows when they are depressed and a sad person knows when they are sad. It is perfectly human to experience the feelings of sadness. There is not one person on this planet who will [...]

Life Story on Jimi Hendrix

Who was the greatest rock and roll guitarist ever? Always and forever the name of Jimi Hendrix will be nominated answering that question. A vastly talented musician and instrumental technician, the legendary Hendrix combined the Blues, Soul, R&B and Rock & Roll into an innovative and mold breaking style. Coupled with flamboyant stage antics and [...]