bipolar disorder - answer>>>A mood disorder in which the
person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy
of depression and the overexcited state of mania.
serious psychiatric disorder with one of the highest rates
of attempted and completed suicide
Bipolar disorder type I - answer>>>a psychiatric disorder
that involves alternate bouts of depression and mania.
Bipolar disorder type II - answer>>>Those persons who
only experience bouts of depression
and hypomania
euthymic - answer>>>normal, non-depressed, reasonably
positive mood
How does the reward hypersensitivity theory of bipolar
disorder explain the manic and depressive phases of
bipolar disorder? - answer>>>- repeatedly rewarding
individuals with bipolar disorder for their activities leads to
excessive goal seeking and ultimately to hypomania or
mania.
- when people with bipolar disorder fail to achieve their
goals this leads to an excessive decrease in reward
seeking and to depression