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Last "Up" - Can Bipolar Include Ups That Seem Normal?

How high is up? What separates bipolar disorder from clinical depression is how high we determine “up” should be. The official debut of bipolar disorder in the DSM-III of 1980 set the excessively restrictive standard of mania, which typically involves 911 intervention and a long course in medications treatment.The DSM-IV of 1994 came... Read moreChevron
posted 06/26/2011, comments (9)|
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Hypomania and Exuberance - Which is Which?

Hypomania in and of itself is not a pathology. According to the DSM:The episode is not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning, or to necessitate hospitalization, and there are no psychotic features.Fine, so why worry? Well, here’s the catch:The episode is associated with an unequivocal change in... Read moreChevron
posted 06/19/2011, comment (1)|
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Recognizing Hypomania

Is it mania or hypomania?  Consider the DSM-IV’s first symptom for mania, listed under “Criterion B”:1. Inflated self-esteem or grandiosityNow contrast this with the DSM-IV’s first symptom for hypomania:1. Inflated self-esteem or grandiosityOK, let’s give the DSM the benefit of the doubt. Second mania symptom,... Read moreChevron
posted 05/29/2011, comments (8)|
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posted 05/20/2011, comments (0)|
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Mania, Hypomania, and the Dark Side of Bipolar Disorder

Continuing in my series on up ...   Not long ago, in two posts on psychosis, I made reference to Jung’s personal “Red Book,” which was finally published in 2009 after lying in a bank vault for decades. One of my readers, Donna, gave me pause to revisit the topic. As you may recall from last week, Donna brought up the very... Read moreChevron
posted 05/08/2011, comment (1)|
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