Mental Disorders Mental disorders make up 15 % of the burden of diseases in established market economies. ... Many people all over the world are affected by bipolar disorder. There are two phases of bipolar manic and depressive. ... Hippo crates was the first physician to document mood disorders. ... Three major neurotransmitter systems are dopamine, serotonin and nor epinephrine. ...
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) One of the primary disorders of the personality is borderline personality disorder or BPD. ... Major Objects In object-relations terminology the term "major object" is often used to refer to any significant current relationship perceived as necessary. It has been found that the borderline person's relationships with a "major object" often fall into the patterns depicted by the three levels of psychological functioning described below. Lower levels of psychological function emerge regressively and act to preserve a sense of contact with and cont...
According to a patient's letter written and later published with the permission of William Morrow and Company, (publisher of Moodswing): from the book, "Depression and it's Treatment", her experience with this mood disorder was despair and uselessness. ... At least 10% of the people with major depression end their lives by suicide. (Greist & Jefferson1992) Depression in Adolescents How prevalent are mood disorders in children and is an adolescent with changes in mood considered clinically depressed? ... (Oster & Montgomery 1997) Sometimes the symptoms of mood disorders take on differ...
