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Bipolar Disorder
i'm doing research for psychology on bipolar disorder so can anyone explain to me the difference between a manic episode and a hypomanic episode? thanks so so so much
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My aunt has biopolar disorder, but instead of me trying to explain it my way, i found another way....
A hypomanic episode is characterized by a distinct period of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, lasting throughout at least 4 days, that is clearly different from the person's usual mood.
During the period of mood disturbance, 3 or more of the following symptoms have persisted (4 if the mood is only irritable) and have been present to a significant degree:
* Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
* Decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep)
* More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
* Flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing
* Distractibility (e.g., attention too easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli)
* Increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation
* Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g., the person engages in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments)
A manic episode is characterized by period of time where an elevated, expansive or notably irritable mood is present, lasting for at least one week. These feelings must be sufficiently severe to cause difficulty or impairment in occupational, social, educational or other important functioning and can not be better explained by a mixed episode. Symptoms also can not be the result of substance use or abuse (e.g., alcohol, drugs, medications) or caused by a general medical condition. Three or more of the following symptoms must be present:
* Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
* Decreased need for sleep (e.g., one feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep)
* More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
* Flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing
* Attention is easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant items
* Increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation
* Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g., engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments)
All of this information was found atpsych central
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According to Google and Wikipedia, hypomanic episodes are of less impact and have less psychotic symptoms as compared to manic episodes.
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