Disorder articles

The first article that i read was called "The Course of Bipolar Disorder Over Time" by Krisha McCoy. In her article, it states that if people with the Bipolar Disorder do not take their medications and do not follow their doctors orders, their disorder will get worse throughtout life. If people do not take their medications and they don't attend their therapy sessions, they are more likely to have an "episode" once a year. If you do take the prescribed medications and attend the therapy sessions, people are more likely to decrease the amount of "episodes" by half. It said in the article that there is no definate cure to this disorder but doctors believe that with proper medication, therapy sessions, and routine check ups, the disorder can be less noticeable by the patient and witnesses. http://www.everydayhealth.com/bipolar-disorder/bipolar-disorder-prognosis.aspx

The second article i read was called "What is Multiple Personality Disorder?" by Tricia Ellis-Christensen. This article is about multiple personality disorder or now known as dissociated identity disorder (DID). People who suffer from Multiple Personality Disorder usually get it by having a trauma in their life, whether it be childhood or adulthood. Most of the time it is during the childhood, starting with physical and sexual abuse. When the victim has been in a trauma during life, they make up characters to cope with their feelings. The alters can be female, male, strong, weak, young, or old. The biggest thing that doctors look for when diagnosing someone with this disorder is if the patient "loses" track of time. This is because they are acting out another alter. The article states some of the symptoms which include having phobias, confusion, depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, alcoholism, and drug abuse. One of the primary treatments for Multiple Personality Disorder would be therapy (play therapy, art therapy, talk therapy, and hypnosis). Doctors do not want to put people on medication because there is a liklyhood that the patient will overdose. Therapists say that the disorder can go away, not fully, but with years or therapy it is likely that it will go away unless placed in a previous traumatic place. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-multiple-personality-disorder.htm