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Bipolar Disorder: A Mental Health Emergency Counselling Implication in Bayelsa State

George Mother Brown, Professor Rosemary Ekechukwu

Abstract


This position paper is focused on Bipolar disorder: A mental health emergency in Bayelsa State. Counselling Implications. The introduction of this paper gave a background of bipolar disorder, mental health and highlighted the determinants of mental health. The paper explained the different episodes/ phase of bipolar disorder which are; manic episode of bipolar disorder, hypomanic episode of bipolar disorder, depressive episodes of bipolar disorder. The causes of bipolar disorder are genetics, chemical imbalance in the brain, and other environmental triggers. Furthermore, identification of people living with bipolar disorder, their symptoms were highlighted, Counselling implications, conclusion and suggestions were also made.

Keywords


Bipolar;disorder;mental;health;counselling;risk

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