Bipolar mood disorder
Symptoms and causes
Symptoms and causesSymptoms
- Disinhibition
- Busy, moves and talks a lot
- Raced thinking, strong association, flight of ideas
- Sleep disorder/no or very little sleep
- Irritated or agitated mood
- Excessive self-esteem
- No self-criticism
- Fanciful ideas
- Impulsive behaviour
- Feeling really well, goes in overdrive
- Sometimes sexually disinhibited
- Sometimes paranoia, sometimes psychosis
Causes
- Predisposition, heredity
- Fewer psychological factors
- Sleep disorder in combination with extra stress
- Sometimes because of paradoxal reaction, for example in case of death
- Somatic causes
- Antidepressants
- Drugs or alcohol
Diagnosis and treatment
Diagnosis and treatmentTreatment
There are several treatment options, including mood stabilisers (e.g. Lithium), antipsychotics or benzodiazepines.
Treatment centres and specialisations
Treatment centres and specialisations
Psychiatric Department (PAAZ)
Psychiatric Department (PAAZ)
Latest publication date: 02/08/2024
Supervising author: Dr Claeys Isabel
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Supervising author: Dr Claeys Isabel
