Bipolar: What is Going on in the Brain?
Bipolar and the Brain So what’s going on in the brain of people with Bipolar Disorder? There are multiple theories about Bipolar and the Brain. We are blessed with different types of imaging such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and...
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Bipolar disorder: What is it?
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder We’ve talked about depression which is an important concept when talking about bipolar disorder because Bipolar Disorder is characterized by mania or hypomania and severe depression. It used to be called manic-depressive illness. The symptoms of Bipolar I are called mania. The symptoms of Bipolar...
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Faith and Depression
Before you read the following blog post, I’d like to thank Pastor Mike Matousek for helping me with this blog post. He shared a sermon which he gave to his congregation in the past. Several of the paragraphs are his hard work and heart. A Moral Failing? In times...
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