Bipolar disorder is a personality disorder resulting in mood
swings varying from depressive states to states of mania. This disorder cannot
only effect the person socially but also mentally. There are many different
dysfunctions associated with bipolar disorder. A recent article written by Sara
L. Weisenbach depicted how age and disease causes many problems in cognition and
quality of life in people with bipolar disorder. People with bipolar disorder
often experience many dysfunctions in their daily life such as psychomotor
speed, attention, memory, etc. These dysfunctions have been reported to cause a
lower quality of life for many patients with bipolar disorder. In the research
conducted, the findings concluded that age and disease impact fine motor skills
as well as memory. The overall impact was that bipolar disorder can impact cognitive
skills such processing speed and emotion processing.
In an
article, “Brain Imaging Identifies Bipolar Disorder Risk in Adolescents,”
published on Science Daily, The University of New South Wales is researching
young people with a risk of bipolar disorder to show they have difference in
brain activity. Researchers have used MRI to see brain activity, what they have
deduced is that those with a risk of bipolar disorder have reduced brain
activity in the part of brain that regulated emotion processing. Professor
Mitchell of the university stated, “Our results show that bipolar disorder may
be linked to a dysfunction in emotional regulation.”
This means
that similar to older adults with bipolar disorder, young people even with a
risk factor of bipolar disorder are shown to have dysfunctions in emotion
processing. There is ongoing research to recognize early identification of
bipolar disorder, this may also be able to reduce onset of certain patients.
University of New South Wales. "Brain imaging identifies
bipolar disorder risk in adolescents." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 17
December 2012. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121217102649.htm
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