Analysis of Mental Disorders: Bipolar Disorder and Treatments Report

This report provides an in-depth analysis of mental disorders, with a specific focus on bipolar disorder. It begins with an introduction to mental health disorders in the context of the UK, followed by a historical overview of mental health and its treatments. The report then delves into bipolar disorder, examining its definition according to ICD 10, statistical data, aetiology, signs and symptoms, and diagnostic methods. It further explores historical treatments and services for bipolar disorder, comparing them with current treatments and services, and providing a critical judgment on their effectiveness. The advantages and disadvantages of current treatments are discussed, along with issues in provision, professional support, and relevant policies. The report also references NICE guidelines for working with individuals with mental health conditions and includes a case study of Stephen Hawking to illustrate certain aspects of the disorder. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and a list of references.

Mental Disorders and
Psychopathology

Table of content
• Introduction
• Mental health disorder in relation to UK
• History of mental health and general treatment.
• Mental health disorder as per ICD 10
• Statistics data of Bipolar disorder
• Aetiology of bipolar disorder
• Signs/Symptoms of bipolar disorder
• Diagnosis of bipolar disorder
• Historical idea, treatments and past services for the chosen disorder
• Current treatments and services available and provide a judgement.
• Advantages and disadvantages of the current treatments of bipolar disorder
• Issues in provision, professional support or policy about the selected mental health issue
• Principles when working with people with....from NICE
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
• A mental disorder is a dysfunction of brain in which the person or individual affects with the emotional
regulation, severalize cognition and also changing into the behaviour.
• It affects basic areas of functioning into the body is refers as mental disorder(Derevensky and Richard,
2020).

Mental health disorder in relation to UK
• Mental health disorder for example depression,
anxiety create a major impact on the way
people feel and behave.
• That is why the mental health of a person
comprises of the people’s social well-being,
psychological and emotional state(Cooper,
2020).

History of mental health and general
treatment
• The history of mental health was very different
in comparison to the today's mental health.
• The ancient people are most believes in
spiritual things, evil eyes, negative impacts of
evil with the patient of mental health disorder.

Mental health disorder as per ICD 10
• Bipolar disorder is a type of mental disorder in
which the individual is suffering from unusual
shifts.
• In mood swings, concentration, energy, activity
levels also able to continue the day to day task.

Statistics data of Bipolar disorder
• The prevalence of the bipolar disorder in UK,
according to the NHS digital survey says that
the 2% of the population of UK are suffering
from bipolar.
• The medication and talk therapy is provides
only 40% of the population that are suffering
from bipolar, rest of the 60% of people
monitoring bipolar and weren't received
medication at the time of the survey.

Aetiology of bipolar disorder
• The bipolar or mental health disorder is forms
by many aetiology, the major cause of bipolar
disorder is chemical imbalance in the brain (Li
Hi Shing and Bede, 2022).
• There are many chemical in brain that can be
responsible for the function of the body or brain
that is neurotransmitters and including many
hormones like noradrenaline, dopamine,
serotonin and many more.

Signs/Symptoms of bipolar disorder
• lack of interest in everyday activities.
• Self-doubt
• suicidal thought
• lacking energy
• feeling of emptiness and worthlessness
• anti-social behaviour

Diagnosis of bipolar disorder
• Bipolar disorder is diagnosis through many test like the doctor takes a physical exam of the bipolar
patient, take a assessment of the patient through asking of the symptoms that can be facing by the
patient(Karthik and Sudha, 2020).

Historical idea, treatments and past services
for the chosen disorder
• Many of the peoples are believes in the spiritual things to treat mental disorder, They were think that
mental disorder is a sign of negativity or supernatural power they were used the concept of trephining.
• In the mid of the 19th century, The lithium is used as the psychiatry. It can treated many disorders
including bipolar disorder.

Current treatments and services available
and provide a judgement.
• Modern treatments requires at least one of the mood stabilized drug and there are many drugs are
invented for the mental disorders.
• . The most of the famous antipsychotic dugs are lithium carbonate, valproic acid and many more.