❌: Has to have met criteria for mania ❌: Current or past hypomanic episode and current or past depressive episode
What is the most common form of bipolar disorder?
Bipolar I
Bipolar II
Bipolar disorder whereby the hypomanic episodes only occur following use of antidepressants is called Bipolar III Pseudomanic Bipolar Disorder Pseudo-Bipolar Disorder( Bipolar III, Pseudomanic Bipolar Disorder, Pseudo-Bipolar Disorder )
Which of the following definitions matches Bipolar Affective Disorder
Repeated episodes of hypomania or mania without depression
Two or more episodes in which the patient's mood are significantly disturbed; including both hypomania/mania and depression
Two or more episodes of specifically manic episodes following typically lasting > 1 week
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?
Bipolar Disorder
Hypomania
Mania
In order to be considered a hypomanic episode, symptoms must go on for at least 4 days 3 days 5 days 1 week( 4 days, 3 days, 5 days, 1 week ). In order to be considered a manic episode, symptoms must go on for at least 1 week 5 days 2 weeks 12 days( 1 week, 5 days, 2 weeks, 12 days ) (unless patient is required to be hospitalised)
Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity tends to be associated with a manic hypomanic( manic, hypomanic ) episode
Bipolar disorders tend to first present in late teens or early 20s around the age of 30 around the age of 50( in late teens or early 20s, around the age of 30, around the age of 50 )
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
Whilst taking Lithium Carbonate, which of the following drug types should be avoided?
NSAIDs
Opioids
Anticonvulsants
Antiplatelets
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?
Hypomania/Mania
Depression
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