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| Why is it important to study bipolar disorder? |
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Definition
1. It is one of the top 10 leading causes of disability
2. There is a high suicide rate
3. It is relatively chronic
4. Individuals spend about 20% of their lives in mania or depression |
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| What are the key criteria for mania? |
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Definition
- Elevated mood
- irritability
- inflated self esteem/grandiosity
- decreased need for sleep
- flight of ideas
- distractibility
- dangerous pleasurable activities
- increase in goal directed activity
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| What neurotransmitters are typically involved in bipolar disorder? |
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Definition
- serotonin
- norepinephrine
- dopamine
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| How do you characterize bipolar I disorder (as opposed to bipolar II disorder)? |
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Definition
| Bipolar Idisorder is characterized by one or more manic episodes or mixed episodes and typically (but not necessarily) one or more mixed episodes |
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| How do you characterize bipolar II disorder (as opposed to bipolar I disorder) |
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Definition
| It is characterized by one or more hypomanic episodes with recurrent depressive episodes |
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| What is the average age of onset for bipolar II disorder patients? |
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Definition
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| What are common pharmacological treatments for bipolar disorder? |
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Definition
- Lithium
- Anti-convulsants
- Anti-psychotics
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| (T/F) It is possiblt to treat bipolar disorder using ony drug treatments. |
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Definition
| False. Proper treatment involves therapy involving the patient and their close family. |
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Definition
| Getting the same amount of sleep deprivation spread over many nights |
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| What has a more profound effect short term sleep deprivation, long term sleep deprivation or partial sleep deprivation? |
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Definition
| Partial sleep deprivation |
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Definition
| Where you have rapid eye movements and your muscles are shut down and it is often associated with dreaming. |
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Definition
| The idea that mood could be predicted based on how people's dream periods (or REM pperiods) are spaced out. |
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| What happens to the mood of people when they are sleep deprived? |
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Definition
- Healthy People - their mood goes down
- Depressed people - their mood goes up
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Definition
| The length of time between the onset of sleep and the first REM sleep period. |
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| What happens to the REM latency of people when they are depressed? |
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