A client is admitted to the unit in an acute manic episode. The client has had three major depressive episodes in the past 10 years and two other hospitalizations for mania. Which disorders would reflect the client's symptom profile?

d) Bipolar I

Explanation:

Bipolar I disorder, also called manic depression is a type of a mental disorder. We have bipolar I and bipolar II disorders. The difference is that while patients with Bipolar 1 suffer at least one manic episode in their life time, which is associated with episodes of major depression, patients with bipolar II only experience a hypomanic episode.

The missing options are:

a) Euthymic state

b) Bipolar II

c) Cyclothymic disorder

d) Bipolar I

The correct answer is d) Bipolar I

Explanation:

The disorder that best reflects the client's symptoms is bipolar I because this chronic disorder comprehends the alternation of manic episodes and depressive ones. During the manic episodes, the person is very active, overstimulated, talks a lot and fast, they also can have a rush of ideas, and lack of sleep. During the depressive episodes, the person is the total opposite, he or she is depressed, does not want to perform any activity, and the thinking is slow. These two episodes alternate between one another, or there can be several depressive ones after a manic episode. Besides, some can be worse than others.