Bipolar Disorder - Depression Behaviors:
- Depressed or irritable mood.
- Decrease or loss of appetite.
- Diminished interest in or enjoyment of activities.
- Psychomotor agitation or retardation.
- Sleeplessness or hypersomnia.
- Lack of energy.
- Poor concentration and indecisiveness.
- Social withdrawal.
- Suicidal thoughts and/or gestures.
- Feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, or inappropriate guilt.
- Unresolved grief issues.
- Mood-related hallucinations or delusions.
- History of chronic or recurrent depression for which the client has taken antidepressant medication, been hospitalized, had outpatient treatment, or had a course of electroconvulsive therapy.
- History of at least one hypomanic, manic, or mixed mood episode.
- Exhibits an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood with at least three symptoms of mania (i.e., inflated self-esteem or grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, flight of ideas, distractibility, excessive goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation, excessive involvement in pleasurable, high-risk behavior).
- The elevated mood or irritability (mania) causes marked impairment in occupational functioning, social activities, or relationships with others.
- Demonstrates loquaciousness or pressured speech.
- Reports flight of ideas or thoughts racing.
- Verbalizes grandiose ideas and/or persecutory beliefs.
- Shows evidence of a decreased need for sleep.
- Reports little or no appetite.
- Exhibits increased motor activity or agitation.
- Displays a poor attention span and is easily distracted.
- Loss of normal inhibition leads to impulsive and excessive pleasure-oriented behavior without regard for painful consequences.
- Engages in bizarre dress and grooming patterns.
- Exhibits an expansive mood that can easily turn to impatience and irritable anger if goal-oriented behavior is blocked or confronted.
- Lacks follow-through in projects, even though energy is very high, since behavior lacks discipline and goal-directedness.
Bipolar Disorder - Mania Behaviors:
- Decrease or loss of appetite.
- Depressed or irritable mood.
- Diminished interest in or enjoyment of activities.
- Psychomotor agitation or retardation.
- Sleeplessness or hypersomnia.
- Lack of energy.
- Poor concentration and indecisiveness.
- Social withdrawal.
- Suicidal thoughts and/or gestures.
- Feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, or inappropriate guilt.
- Unresolved grief issues.
- Mood-related hallucinations or delusions.
- History of chronic or recurrent depression for which the client has taken antidepressant medication, been hospitalized, had outpatient treatment, or had a course of electroconvulsive therapy.
- History of at least one hypomanic, manic, or mixed mood episode.
- Exhibits an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood with at least three symptoms of mania (i.e., inflated self-esteem or grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, flight of ideas, distractibility, excessive goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation, excessive involvement in pleasurable, high-risk behavior).
- The elevated mood or irritability (mania) causes marked impairment in occupational functioning, social activities, or relationships with others.
- Demonstrates loquaciousness or pressured speech.
- Reports flight of ideas or thoughts racing.
- Verbalizes grandiose ideas and/or persecutory beliefs.
- Shows evidence of a decreased need for sleep.
- Reports little or no appetite.
- Exhibits increased motor activity or agitation.
- Displays a poor attention span and is easily distracted.
- Loss of normal inhibition leads to impulsive and excessive pleasure-oriented behavior without regard for painful consequences.
- Engages in bizarre dress and grooming patterns.
- Exhibits an expansive mood that can easily turn to impatience and irritable anger if goal-oriented behavior is blocked or confronted.
- Lacks follow-through in projects, even though energy is very high, since behavior lacks discipline and goal-directedness.
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