Bipolar I
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Bipolar I Disorder— defined by manic episodes that last at least 7 days, or by manic symptoms that are so severe that the person needs immediate hospital care. Usually, depressive episodes occur as well, typically lasting at least 2 weeks.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: 08-Bipolar I
Diagnosis: This requires just one full manic episode where the individual may be “high” for several days.
US Patients: 1% of the US population in their lifetimes.
World Patients:
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Symptoms: Typically it will be followed by one or more depressive stretches of time.
Progression: Relatively good, may last 6 months or 25% go to PTSD or Major Depressive Disorder
Causes:
Medications:Can be reduced by other prescribed drugs.
Therapies:
Youtube Video: Faces of Bipolar Disorder (PART 2) “Bipolar Type 1”
Amazon or Library Book: Bipolar Disorder 1
How to Survive and Thrive
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: dsballiance.org; 800-326-3632
(Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
Contact your local Social Security offic for possible Disability Benefits through their Disability Determination Services,
Section 12.04.
Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Yet Why Not Say What Happened?by Jacqueline W on December 21, 2024
No abstract
- Sexual Feelings in the Psychotherapy Room: Comparing Their Occurrence in Patients With Unipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Neither of Theseby Alberto Stefana on December 21, 2024
No abstract
- The emerging role of long non-coding RNA SOX2-OT in cancers and non-malignant diseasesby Jingjie Yang on December 20, 2024
SOX2 overlapping transcript (SOX2-OT) is a long non-coding RNA located at chromosome 3q26.33 in humans. Convincing data confirm that SOX2-OT is evolutionarily conserved and plays a significant role in various malignant and non-malignant diseases. In most cancers, the upregulation of SOX2-OT acts as an oncogenic factor, strongly correlating with tumor risk, adverse clinicopathological features, and poor prognosis. Mechanistically, SOX2-OT is regulated by seven transcription factors and influences...
- Stigma Toward Bipolar Disorder Among Psychiatry Residents: A Pilot Study Utilizing Narrative Medicine and a Video Vignetteby Marsal Sanches on December 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: The findings demonstrate the feasibility of implementing narrative medicine workshops for psychiatry residents and highlight the need for further studies with larger samples and a control group to evaluate its impact on stigma.