PSYD35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorder, Hypomania
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Bipolar i: at least one episode of mania (in overall history: mania: lots of energy (e. g. fast talking) with impaired judgement and risk-taking, equal between males and females. Bipolar ii: major depressive and hypomania episodes (multiple: depression: anhedonia, lows, etc, more females with bpii. Bipolar nos: only hypomania: hypomania is not as high as mania, nos = not otherwise specified. No diagnostic lab tests, criteria are clinical (following descriptive method such as. Distinct from unipolar depression: earlier, acute onset. Depression (fall gradually into) vs. bp depression (sudden: more total episodes, more familial mania (genetic, equal sex distribution. Adhd: common symptoms so might not be comorbid but a differential diagnosis! Limitation: treatments for other disorders might worsen bd. Overall, most seem to for work acute mania/mixed! Lithium: has the best outcome for acute mania/mixed, mood stabilizer prophylaxis, and. Acute bp depression: limitation: major side effect is kidney failure.
