10/7/2025 - Mood Disorders - (Bipolar - …)

Bipolar Disorder and it's 2 types, elaborate

mood disorder involving euphoric episodes, intense and very disruptive experiences of heightened mood referred to as a euphoric mood, possibly alternating with a major depressive episode.

2 types:

• Bipolar I(more severe): Distinguished from MDD by at least 1 euphoric or mixed episodes for at least 1 week. Onset in adolescence or young adulthood

• Bipolar II: 1 or more major depressive episodes w/ at least 1 mixed w/ clear hypomanic episodes. Onset on average 5 years after young adulthood

Hypomaniac Episode

Milder version of euphoria but lasts for at least 4 days. 

Cyclothymic Disorder and time requirement

More chronic but less severe version of bipolar.

In the depressed phase, it’s similar to PDD. The hypomanic phase involves creative and productive energy.

Must be at least 2 years of hypomanic and depressed symptoms (1 for children and minors), that cause significant distress/impairment.

Never symptom-free for more than 2 months

Rapid Cycling

 Experiencing at least 4 bipolar episodes in a year

2 causes of bipolar, elaborate

• Biological: Genetic, neurochemical (too much norepinephrine during euphoria, less serotonin in both depressive and manic phases)

• Psychological: Stressful life events

Depressive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition

Mood disorder where a depressed mood is directed by physiological effects of another medical condition (ex. Stroke, parkinson’s, alzheimer’s)

Mood disorder diagnosis where there is a prominent and persistent period of depressed mood or markedly diminished interest/pleasure thought to be related to the direct physiological effects of another medical condition.

Substance-Induced Mood Disorder and treatment

Symptoms of depression that are due to effects of medicine, drug abuse, alcoholism, toxin exposure, etc.

Changes the way you think, feel, or act, caused by taking or stopping a drug.

• these changes: Can last days or weeks

• Treatment: Group or individual therapy, self-help groups, meditation

The brain makes chemicals that affect thoughts, emotions, and actions. Without the right balance of these chemicals, there may be problems with the way you think, feel, or act. Many drugs change the amounts of these chemicals.

Which type of people are most likely to get Bipolar disorder

Bipolar most likely occurs w/ people who have substance abuse problems