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  Bipolar disorder - Medical Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
As categorized by the DSM-IV, bipolar disorder is a form of mood disorder characterised by a variation of mood between a phase of manic or hypomanic elation, hyperactivity and hyper imagination, and a depressive phase of inhibition, slowness to conceive ideas and move, and anxiety or sadness.
The cycles of bipolar disorder may be long or short, and the ups and downs may be of different magnitudes: for instance, a person suffering from bipolar disorder may suffer a protracted mild depression followed by a shorter and intense mania.
Bipolar disorder appears to run in families, that is, a vulnerablility for bipolar disorder may be inherited.
www.nursingstudy.com /encyclopedia/Bipolar_disorder.html   (2655 words)

  
 sociology - Bipolar disorder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
While bipolar disorder can be one of the most severe and devastating medical conditions, many individuals with bipolar disorder can also live full and mostly happy lives with correct management of their condition.
Bipolar disorder appears to run in families, that is, a vulnerability for bipolar disorder may be inherited.
It has been hypothesized that bipolar disorder may be the result of poor membrane conduction in the brain and that one possible cause may be a deficiency in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Bipolar_disorder   (3470 words)

  
 Bipolar disorder - bipolar disorder symptoms
Bipolar I disorder, the diagnosis of which requires over the entire course of the individual's life at least one manic (or mixed state) episode which is usually (though not always) accompanied by episodes of Major Depressive disorder.
It has been hypothesized that bipolar disorder may be the result of poor membrane conduction in the brain and that one possible cause may be a deficiency in omega-3 fatty acids.
Bipolar disorder is found in disproportionate numbers in people with creative talent such as artists, musicians, authors, poets, and scientists, and it has been speculated that the mechanisms which cause the disorder may be related to those responsible for creativity in these persons.
www.medicalgeo.com /Med-Diseases-At---B/Bipolar-disorder.html   (4551 words)

  
 Bipolar disorder - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
Bipolar disorder is now generally considered to be a biochemical disorder of the brain and its associated hormonal systems.
Bipolar disorder can be so profoundly distressing for those that suffer from it that 15% of people diagnosed with bipolar will eventually commit suicide.
A bipolar person may feel a little down or up about an event in their lives, just as a normal person would, but unlike a normal person who would easily be able to shift their mood, a bipolar person would not be able to shift their mood easily.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Bipolar Affective Disorder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bipolar and other mood disorders may have no identifiable medical, traumatic or other external cause (exogenous) or may be due to e.g.
There is no cure for bipolar disorder, however their medications can be used to prevent a person from going out of control.
Bipolar Affective Disorder (or Manic-Depression), is a disturbance of mood that is characterized by cycles of both Depression and Mania.
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 List of people believed to have been affected by bipolar disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with bipolar disorder.
Many famous people are believed to have been affected by bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression), based on evidence in their own writings and contemporaneous accounts by those who knew them.
Kristin Hersh, musician, formerly of rock band Throwing Muses, is occasionally mentioned as having bipolar disorder, one example being a Muses biography.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_believed_to_have_been_affected_by_bipolar_disorder   (1845 words)

  
 Clinical Depression and Mood Disorders Portal @ Despairing.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living.
Although a low mood or state of dejection that does not affect functioning is often colloquially referred to as depression, clinical depression is a clinical diagnosis and may be different from the everyday meaning of "being depressed".
Clinical depression was originally considered to be a chemical imbalance in transmitters in the brain, a theory based on observations made in the 1950s of the effects of reserpine and isoniazid in altering monoamine neurotransmitter levels and affecting depressive symptoms.
www.despairing.net   (1663 words)

  
 Bipolar disorder : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
As categorized by the DSM-IV, bipolar disorder is a form of mood disorder characterised by a variation of mood between a phase of manic or hypomanic elation, hyperactivity and hyper imagination, and a
MBTI continuum scores, bipolar patients were significantly more extroverted, intuitive, and perceiving, and less introverted, sensing and judging than were unipolar patients.
Pediatric bipolar disorder: phenomenology and course of illness.
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 Mark Twain Bipolar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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...Below is a list of people who have been cited by a source as probably having bipolar.....Kay Redfield Jamison, who profiled her own bipolar disorder in her 1995 memoir An...
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Contrary to what is commonly thought, people with bipolar disorder do not just bounce between staying up all night in a euphoric mania straightening shelves or staying in bed all day with the blues.
With every increase or decrease in depressive symptom severity, there is a corresponding significant and stepwise increase or decrease in psychosocial disability among patients with bipolar disorder, according to a study in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
This is the newest breakthrough technology for use in the treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder, commonly known as the winter depression, or the winter blues.
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 Art - Depression Forums - A Depression & Mental Health Community Support Group
Adam Ant is open about having bipolar disorder: see Adam and the fall, an art.telegraph profile which describes a 2003 Channel 4 television program, "The Madness of Prince Charming," detailing his mental illness.
Kay Redfield Jamison, who profiled her own bipolar disorder in her 1995 memoir An Unquiet Mind and argued for a connection between bipolar disorder and artistic creativity in her 1993 book, Touched with Fire.
So I have been trying to keep the theory at more of a distance, and focus more on the sounds, pitches, rhythms, and emotions that are evident without thought, experiencing rather than analyzing.
www.depressionforums.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=4663   (2495 words)

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