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This 6-page paper offers a discussion about bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression). Topics discussed include the history, populations at risk (as well as social and economic challenges to diagnosing this disorder in various populations). Trends in diagnosis and treatment are also offered. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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- namely dark moods of depression and an inability to function. Someone with a bipolar disorder can literally be up and frantically energetic one day, wanting to do and see
everything and happy as a lark, and the next day be abusive, terrible, depressed and exhausted. This is one reason why many providers fail to diagnose bipolar disorder, or they
diagnose the disorder as clinical depression. Most patients come into the office during the "down" times rather than the manic times; and some studies have shown that anti-depressant medication can
actually exacerbate bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is considered to be one of the oldest known illnesses, with mention made in early medical records
(Caregiver.com, 2003). It was first noticed as far back as the second century when Aretaeus of Cappadocia recognized some symptoms of mania and depression (Caregiver.com, 2003). In the year 1650,
a scientist named Richard Burton wrote The Anatomy of Melancholia, which focused on depression (Caregiver.com, 2003). Today, he is credited as the father of depression as a mental illness (Caregiver.com,
2003). In 1854, Jules Falret coined the term folie circulaire (circular insanity) to describe the difference between depression and heightened moods (Caregiver.com, 2003).
In 1875, Falrets findings were called Manic-Depressive Psychosis and considered a psychiatric disorder (Caregiver.com, 2003). Prior to the 1960s, patients with the disorder
were institutionalized (Caregiver.com, 2003). But in the 1970s, laws were enacted to help those with the disorder, and in 1979 the National Association of Mental Health was founded (Caregiver.com, 2003).
A year later bipolar disorder replaced manic-depressive disorder as a diagnostic term (Caregiver.com, 2003). These days, further studies focus on finding the probable causes and the possible methods to treat
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