What Is Hypomania? How Is It Diagnosed?

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What Is Hypomania? How Is It Diagnosed?

Hypomania in bipolar disorder is characterized by mood and behavior where a person may have excessive energy, little need for sleep, unusual exhilaration, irritability, excitement or aggression, and a variety of other symptoms. This article details the symptoms required for diagnosis and gives examples of how the symptoms may express themselves in daily life during a hypomanic episode.

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Studying the emotions which cause opinions to change

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Studying the emotions which cause opinions to change

Physicists can use their tools to help understand how, in real life, opinions form and change.

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Shocking: Surgical anesthetic appears to treat drug-resistant depression

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Shocking: Surgical anesthetic appears to treat drug-resistant depression

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has long been considered the most effective treatment of medication-resistant depression. But millions of people don’t take advantage of it because of the side effects and misperception of the therapy.

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Stress early in life leads to adulthood anxiety and preference for ‘comfort foods’ (Science Daily)

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Stress early in life leads to adulthood anxiety and preference for ‘comfort foods’ (Science Daily)

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Fashion Don’ts Over 50

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Fashion Don’ts Over 50

I’m not over 50 and I don’t do these things. As always, I’m ahead of my time. Ancient Roman Women Exercising in BikinisWhat is the Etiquette of Proper Fashion?

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Heart patients should get sex advice, guidelines say; intimacy is often possible, recommended (Canada)

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Heart patients should get sex advice, guidelines say; intimacy is often possible, recommended (Canada)

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Offspring of mothers stressed during pregnancy with a passive stress coping style more prone to obesity (Science Daily)

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Offspring of mothers stressed during pregnancy with a passive stress coping style more prone to obesity (Science Daily)

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Sex after heart attack (Canada)

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Sex after heart attack (Canada)

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How to learn successfully even under stress (Science Daily)

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How to learn successfully even under stress

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How to learn successfully even under stress

Whenever we have to acquire new knowledge under stress, the brain deploys unconscious rather than conscious learning processes. Neuroscientists have discovered that this switch from conscious to unconscious learning systems is triggered by the intact function of mineralocorticoid receptors. These receptors are activated by hormones released in response to stress by the adrenal cortex.

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The About Bipolar Disorder Forums

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The About Bipolar Disorder Forums

A guide to our Bipolar Disorder message board forums, where we have discussions on medications, rapid cycling, spirituality, additional diagnoses that often accompany manic-depression, abuse issues and much more.

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Psychotherapy via internet as good as if not better than face-to-face consultations

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Psychotherapy via internet as good as if not better than face-to-face consultations

Does psychotherapy via the Internet work? Clinical researchers have studied whether online psychotherapy and conventional face-to-face therapy are equally effective in experiments. Based on earlier studies, researchers assumed that the two forms of therapy were on a par. Not only was their theory confirmed, the results for online therapy even exceeded their expectations.

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Ginseng supplements linked to less cancer fatigue (Yahoo!)

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Ginseng supplements linked to less cancer fatigue (Yahoo!)

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Using the Other F Word

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Using the Other F Word

For lots of people, the main F word is nothing compared to the other F word.French Words We Use Every DayMore Luddites Subscribe to About Today than Anyone Else

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How To Recognize Symptoms of Depression

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How To Recognize Symptoms of Depression

It is important for both a person with bipolar disorder and his or her friends and family members to know how to recognize symptoms of depression. The symptoms of depression illustrated here will help you spot a depressive episode when it happens.

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Diagnosing a Mixed Episode

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Diagnosing a Mixed Episode

There are three criteria your doctor will review with you to determine if you are having a mixed episode as defined by the guidelines in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).

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The Language of Politics

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The Language of Politics

No, I don’t mean lying. Although it’s understandable if you thought that’s what I mean. No, let’s explore a few terms that are tossed around when it’s election time. Man, it always feels like it’s election time. Anyway, what’s gerrymandering?What’s a Stump Speech?Is a Dark Horse Candidate a Scary Candidate?

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PTSD after traumatic events: Which teens are at risk? (Science Daily)

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PTSD after traumatic events: Which teens are at risk?

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PTSD after traumatic events: Which teens are at risk?

Researchers have identified risk factors for children exposed to trauma in developing PTSD from analyzing 6,483 teen–parent pairs from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a survey of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in the United States. 61 percent of the teens (ages 13 to 17) had been exposed to at least one potentially traumatic event in their lifetime. Nineteen percent had experienced three or more such events.

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What is Tardive Dyskinesia?

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What is Tardive Dyskinesia?

Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder caused by long-term use of certain medications called neuroleptic drugs, along with some other drugs that increase the brain’s sensitivity to the neurotransmitter dopamine. It is characterized by uncontrolled facial movements such as protruding tongue, chewing or sucking motions and making faces. Tardive dyskinesia is a very serious side effect of antipsychotic medications in particular, and patients taking such drugs should know what to watch for.

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What Is Paranoia?

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What Is Paranoia?

Here is a brief but comprehensive definition of paranoia, which may be present in bipolar disorder or schizophrenia as well as several other mental illnesses. Paranoia is a psychotic symptom.

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Abilify / Aripiprazole Drug Profile

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Abilify / Aripiprazole Drug Profile

Abilify – generic Aripiprazole – is approved to treat schizophrenia and the manic and mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. It is also approved for maintenance use in bipolar disorder, and as adjunctive treatment in adults (only) with major depressive disorder. Article covers major warnings and side effects, therapeutic advantages and other key information.

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Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks

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Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks

91 percent of on average 20-year-old Swiss men drink alcohol, almost half of whom drink six beverages or more in a row and are thus at-risk consumers. 44 percent of Swiss men smoke tobacco, the majority of whom are at-risk consumers – they smoke at least once a day. 36 percent of young adults smoke cannabis, whereby over half are at-risk consumers, using the drug at least twice a week. Researchers investigated whether these young Swiss men read up on addictive substances such as alcohol, tobacco, cannabis or other drugs and are aware and understand the risks of their consumption by conducting a survey of 12,000 men under a national cohort study as they were recruited for national service. 

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Personal Experiences With ECT – Electroconvulsi…

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Has your doctor prescribed treatment with ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) for manic depression? Are you considering it? Read what others have to say about their experiences with ECT. Page 2

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What's Wrong With Me? Do I Have Bipolar Disorder?

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What's Wrong With Me? Do I Have Bipolar Disorder?

It is perfectly normal to have days where you feel low and days when we are on top of the world. The emotional rise and fall of life is part of the human condition. So how can you tell when your experiences are normal and when they’ve pushed into the extremes of depression or mania associated with bipolar disorder?

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The Bipolar Disorders – Forms and Moods

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The Bipolar Disorders – Forms and Moods

Within the spectrum of bipolar disorders, there are three main forms: bipolar 1, bipolar 2 and cyclothymia, which are characterized by either mania or hypomania and depression. This is a far cry from the days when manic depression was the term that covered all types.

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What Are Hallucinations?

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What Are Hallucinations?

We hear jokes about hallucinations, but do you know what they really are? Hallucinations often occur in Bipolar Disorder. Here is a look at hallucinations.

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Expansive

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Expansive

One of the criteria for diagnosing a manic or hypomanic episode of bipolar disorder is an expansive mood. More …

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Why Do Dogs Get Skunked Over and Over?

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Why Do Dogs Get Skunked Over and Over?

I know we talked about skunks in yesterday’s Groovy, Radical Edition of AT, but I wanted to follow up to find out why dogs don’t learn. Why don’t they?Video: What Are Mammals?Best Documentaries About Animals

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Ben Stiller – Actor / Comedian

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Ben Stiller – Actor / Comedian

Ben Stiller – best known for There’s Something About Mary – is frank about having bipolar disorder. His parents – Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara – have also talked about being in therapy for depression.

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