The Relationship Between Aggression and Bipolar: Analyze On Its Treatments and Symptomatology

The Relationship between Aggression and Bipolar: Analysis on Treatment and Symptomatology
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Introduction
Bipolar disorder (BD) constitutes common and mostly extreme psychiatric conditions presented with severe psychosocial manifestations and elevated likelihood for cardiovascular diseases, substance abuse, and conflict with the law. Bipolar disorder has been categorized amongst the most debilitating disorders in the world by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Ballesteret al., 2014). Moreover, BD has been closely linked with aggressive behaviours especially during manic, mixed episodes, or during psychotic conditions (Ballesteret al., 2012). Such violent behaviours exist in numerous psychotic disorders and bears diagnostic, prognostic, as well as therapeutic associations. In BD, especially, resentment and aggression have assumed special importance as fundamental symptoms of mania and mixed episodes, autonomous of psychosis, and majorly presenting as associates of comorbid substance abuse as well as suicidal tendency...