General Practitioners

• Primary Care
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• Emergency Care
  Such cognitive attributions and distortions seem to result in an over-magnified fear of the bodily experiences associated with otherwise “natural” anxiety, and forms a debilitating “positive feedback loop” – resulting in the perceived sense of entirely loosing control. Despite the multitude of distressing symptoms and the sufferer’s fears, the experience typically presents no real medical danger. People who suffer these physical and mental sensations frequently seek medical care in emergency room settings, only to be sent home to fear yet another episode. Often shortness of breath and chest pain are the predominant symptoms that sufferer incorrectly appraise as as a petrifying sign or symptom of a heart attack.

Gynecologists

• Labor and Delivery
  Rohland et al. (1997) indicate that Bipolar I Disorder is equally common in men and women. This contrasts major depressive disorder which is more comment in women. It is interesting to note that gender, in patients with Bipolar Illness, appears to be related to the order of appearance of manic and major depressive episodes. Males are more likely to manifest mania as an initial episode, and females are more likely to present with a depressive episode. In a collaborative study of depression, the National Institute of Mental Health showed no difference in the number of manic or depressive episodes correlated with hospitalizations (Winokur et al., 1994). The age of onset of bipolar disorders shows no gender differences, yet psychologists should be aware that women that have their first episode of illness during a postpartum period following childbirth have an increased risk of developing subsequent episodes. Also, the premenstrual period may be associated with exacerbation of ongoing major depressive, manic, mixed or Hypomanic Episodes (Rohland et al., 1997).

Neurologists

• Multiple Sclerosis
  Medical conditions like hyperthyroidism, multiple sclerosis and brain tumor can lead to mood disturbances that mimic the symptoms of Manic, Mixed, and Hypomanic Episodes. Naturally, in determining whether the mood disturbance is due to a medical condition, the assessor must first substantiate the presence of the condition. The DSM-IV states: “Although there are no infallible guidelines for determining whether the relationship between the mood disturbance and the general medical condition is etiological, several considerations provide some guidance in this area” (p. 367). Temporal association between the onset of medical problems and the presence of mood symptoms may prove illuminating. Also the absence of indicators that are typical of the hypomanic mood disturbance may prove relevant (e.g., absence of family history, atypical age of onset).

Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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• Depression
• Mental Health
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• Behavioral Health
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• Anxiety