BIPOLAR DISORDER

WHAT IS BIPOLAR DISORDER?

• A brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood,
• energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks
• Often develops in a person's adult years; median age is 25
• Not easy to spot when it starts; the symptoms may seem like
• separate problems, not recognized as parts of a larger problem

DATA FOR DISORDERS

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?

• Extreme changes in energy, sleep, activity, and mood
• Experience unusual intense emotional states called
• "mood episodes"
• The two mood episodes are:
• Manic (at your highest) and depressive (at your lowest)

SYMPTOMS OF EPISODES

WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS?

• Having blood relatives (parents, siblings, etc.) with bipolar disorder
• Periods of high stress
• Drug or alcohol abuse
• Major life changes, such as the death of a loved one
• Being in your early 20s

CHANCES OF BEING BIPOLAR

TREATMENT

• To date, there is no cure for bipolar disorder.
• Because bipolar disorder is a lifelong illness, people with the disorder
• need long-term treatment to maintain control of bipolar symptoms.
• An effective maintenance treatment plan includes medication and
• psychotherapy for preventing relapse and reducing symptom severity.

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SOURCES

• National Institute of Mental Health; www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml
• Johns Hopkins Medicine; http://wwwhopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/mental_health_disord...
• Statistic Brain; www.statisticbrain.com/bipolar-disorder-statistics/
• Mayo Clinic; http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bipolar-disorder/DS00356/DSECTION=risk-fac...