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Bipolar Disorder
Title: Bipolar Disorder
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 677 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Bipolar Disorder
Case Study I: Kelly
Kelly has met criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Recurrent. She has no history of any personality disorders or of any medical conditions. Parents have frequent talks about divorce and there is decrease in her school grades. She has suffered from depressed mood being irritable and unstable, loss of energy, anhedonia, diminished ability to concentrate leading to the decline in her school grades, decrease in the her appetite, and suicidal ideation …showed first 75 words of 677 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 677 total…indicate that BP is the result of a genetic vulnerability in combination with environmental factors. BP generally requires a multimodal treatment plan with education of the patient and the family about the illness, medications such as lithium, and psychotherapeutic interventions to address the youngster’s symptoms and related psychosocial impairments. The goal of treatment is to decrease BP symptoms and prevent relapse while reducing long-term illness and enhancing the youngster’s normal health and development.
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