When evaluating a patient, how might you differentiate between ADD and Bipolar Disorder?
| ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) | Bipolar Disorder |
| Diagnosed during childhood stage | Diagnosed during teens and adulthood |
| Affects behaviour, thinking, cognition | affect the mood |
| has a better outcome on treatment | cannbe treated but as years pass on the symptoms may be serious |
| same type of behaviour is exhibited | mania or hypomania and depression symptoms are exhibited |
| They can be left alone at some point with chronic symptoms | they cannot be left alone because of high risk of suicidal thoughts |
| other diseases like bipolar,Tourette syndrome ,depression can occur | other diseases doesn't coexist |
When evaluating a patient, how might you differentiate between ADD and Bipolar Disorder?
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