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Author Archives: JmaC
Hypomania And Hypomanic Episodes Defined
Not everyone who becomes manic experiences the full-blown syndrome of a manic episode. Hypomanic individuals show an expansive, energized and sometimes elated mood, with rapid thinking and pressured speaking in evidence. At a minimum (for the label hypomania to be … Continue reading
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Movement On An Energy Continuum: Bipolar Disorder, Mania And Manic Episodes
Although popular culture tends to equate mania with happiness and depression with sadness this isn’t really the best way to think about what is happening in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder involves not so much a swing between happy and sad … Continue reading
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Understanding Mood Episodes In Depression
The American Psychiatric Association publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which describes the criteria necessary for the diagnosis of all mental disorders, including Major Depression. In the DSM, Major Depression appears as a member of the … Continue reading
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Classic Symptoms Of Major Depression
Major Depression The classic symptoms of Major Depression are described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR)*, the widely accepted standard guidelines for psychiatric diagnoses. Symptoms associated with Major Depression cause clinically significant distress and impairment in … Continue reading
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Major Depression And Other Unipolar Depressions
RASHMI NEMADE, PH.D., NATALIE STAATS REISS, PH.D., AND MARK DOMBECK, PH.D. SEP 19, 2007 UPDATED DEC 30, 2015 This section will focus mainly on Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), commonly referred to as “Major Depression” or simply, “Depression.” Other mood-related conditions will be … Continue reading
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App for Bipolar Disorder Being Tested
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A smartphone app that uses voice analysis to detect mood changes in people with bipolar disorder is being tested by researchers. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes extreme emotional highs and … Continue reading
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Not Mine
The dark pit which lay inside of me Consuming me Controlling me Confronting me This darkness which controls the light it is a war A war of me against me There r no sides no where 4 me 2 flee … Continue reading
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Reach
Give it up Don’t try so hard You know u can fly Why afraid of the fall? That’s where the magic lies Be Beneath it all Take it off Show it off Embrace it The shows over JmaC
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Stop Procrastination Positive Affirmations
Present Tense Affirmations I act now I am a doer I take charge and get things done I am always moving forward and working on my goals I work hard first and play later I always start a project right … Continue reading
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Bipolar Disorder, Light, and Darkness
Bipolar Disorder, Light, and Darkness (updated 12/2014) Using light and darkness as treatment (less med’s!) How Light Affects the Brain Treatment Implications Yellow Eyeglasses to Avoid Blue Light? Where can I buy the yellow eyeglasses? Avoiding blue without wearing funny … Continue reading
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