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Bipolar disorder mania
Abnormal Psychology (PSY 412)
Campbellsville University
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Bipolar disorder - Mood swings
Mania - grandiosity/inflated self-esteem - Decreased need for sleep - More talkative - Flight of ideas/racing thoughts - Distractability - Psychosis (hallucinations &/or delusions) - Increased goal-directed behavior - Self-destructive behaviors
Mood swings from depression to mania - 2 levels: - bipolar - cyclothymia: same set of symptoms- psychosis (more mild than bipolar)
Causes for bipolar disorder - Biological factors: - heredity (8-9% risk of 1st-degree relative) - identical twin concordance = 60% - fraternal twin = 12% - pc;p gene plays a love in synaptic transmission
Brain abnormalities - Reduced blood flow in right prefrontal cortex - Enlarged amygdala: thalmus
Biochemical factors - Higher levels of norepinephrine dopamine, acetlcholine & glutamate - Lower levels of serotonin
Seasonal effect (possibly) - Pregnant mothers with flu especially during 2nd or 3rd trimesters
Bipolar - psychosocial - Stress complicates - Low social support complicates Bipolar - sociocultural factors - Lower in black, asian, and hispanic populations - Higher in white and native americans - No gender differences in prevalence, but - males - mania - females - depression
Bipolar treatment - Lithium - regulates glutamate - anti-convulsions - tegretol (carbamzepine) - pepakote (valproate)
- anti-psychotics
- cognitive - behavioral therapy
- interpersonal and social rhythm therapy
( IPSRT)
- ECT
Bipolar disorder mania
Course: Abnormal Psychology (PSY 412)
University: Campbellsville University
