Bipolar and Mania

5. four mood episodes in a 12 month period
6. self-regard
8. valproate, carbamazepine, ad lamotrigine
10. acute continuation and maintenance
14. used to subdue severe manic behavior
15. gathering information from the patient for nursing diagnosis
16. educating the patient on their condition or new medication
18. symptoms of hypomania alternate with symptoms of mild to moderate depression for at least two years
19. clonazepam and lorazepam

1. environment, genetics, socioeconomic status
2. a wonderful initial feeling
3. forcing someone to be alone
4. norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin
7. a mixed state or agitated depression
9. used for acute mania
11. olanzapine or risperidone
12. continuous flow of accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic
13. marked in shifts in mood, energy, and ability to function
17. can cause toxicity if level is not therapeutic
18. stringing together words because of rhyming sounds