Essays on Mental Illness Page 3

Bipolar disorder is a “mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs and lows” (“Bipolar disorder”, 2018). As with any disease, bipolar disorder can be diagnosed at any age, but is more commonly diagnosed when an individual is a teenager or in their early 20s (“Bipolar disorder”, 2018). There are several…

Introduction Lamotrigine (LTG), with the brand name Lamictal, is a mood stabilizer medication that is approved for the treatment of bipolar disorder and certain types of seizures disorders (CITATION). Lamotrigine was originally developed for the treatment of seizure disorders, then began to be used as an “off-label” treatment for bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a…

Suicide is the act of deliberately instigating one’s own death. So many mental disorders, including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, alcoholism and the use of various substances, both legal and illegal are all risk factors for suicide. But, Suicide and self-injury are problematic to foresee because at-risk persons are all too often not able…

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that changes the emotions, thoughts, and behaviors of the patient. This disorder affects approximately 0.5-1% of the population and its a complicated disease that can not easily be explained, but it can be categorized into two types: acute schizophrenia and chronic schizophrenia. Researchers have found that 5 to 22%…

The term, in a technical sense, can be defined as “a state of wellbeing where an individual can cope with the normal stresses of life and can work productively and contribute to society”, according to the World Health Organisation. When an individual has good mental health, it does not just refer to the absence of…

Mental illness is described as distinctive nature of feeling worthlessness, sadness, and guilt, in comparison to just a person suffering from a normal sadness or the grief of losing a love one Depression is more persistent and much more serious. Depression is ranked as the main cause of disability because people suffering with grief will…

“Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.” There are four types of this disorder but in this research paper, I will be covering over Bipolar I and II. Some of the topics that I…

Introduction Another name for Bipolar Disorder is that it is a Manic-Depressive Illness. This illness is a type of brain disorder that influences many abnormal changes and or switches that affect moods, any sorts of activity levels, energy, and any power to do everyday tasks. Manic episodes are short or long periods of unrestricted euphoria,…

Schizophrenia is known to be one of the most serious and frightening of all mental disease. It is a chronic and severe neurological brain disorder estimated to affect 23 million people worldwide. It is more common among males affecting 12million, than female 9 million. Schizophrenia also commonly affects men and starts at the earlier age…

Introduction Schizophrenia is considered to be one of the most critical mental illnesses. We will be looking at the causes of schizophrenia whether it is nature or nurture, the symptoms- looking at the different types and sub-types of schizophrenia, the diagnosis and lastly how to treat this illness. Definition Schizophrenia is a syndrome that causes…