Abnormal Mood: Elated Mood

[blank_start]Bipolar I[blank_end]: Has to have met criteria for mania [blank_start]Bipolar II[blank_end]: Current or past hypomanic episode and current or past depressive episode

What is the most common form of bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder whereby the hypomanic episodes only occur following use of antidepressants is called [blank_start]Bipolar III[blank_end]

Which of the following definitions matches Bipolar Affective Disorder

A 75 year old woman presents to the GP presenting what she feels is a cure for cancer. She feels as though she has been sent by God to deliver this cure to the world. She elicits high levels of energy and is talking very fast, quickly moving from one thought to the next. This woman has had one such previous episode like this, and upon questioning her husband the GP finds that this has been going on for the past 8 days and that she has never had any experience of depression. What is the most likely diagnosis?

In order to be considered a hypomanic episode, symptoms must go on for at least [blank_start]4 days[blank_end]. In order to be considered a manic episode, symptoms must go on for at least [blank_start]1 week[blank_end] (unless patient is required to be hospitalised)

Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity tends to be associated with a [blank_start]manic[blank_end] episode

Bipolar disorders tend to first present [blank_start]in late teens or early 20s[blank_end]

Bipolar disorder onset after the age of 60 is often normal.

Patients with a Bipolar Disorder are more likely to develop schizophrenia and vice versa.

The most common medication for bipolar disorder in the UK is a mood stabiliser called [blank_start]Lithium Carbonate[blank_end]

Whilst taking Lithium Carbonate, which of the following drug types should be avoided?

Which chart represents Bipolar I and which represents Bipolar II?

Based on the previous charts, patients with which condition spend the majority of their time depressed?

Based on the previous charts, patients with which disorder suffer more frequent manic episodes?

In both Bipolar I and Bipolar II, what is the most common mood disturbance?