EP. 47 Unpacking Diagnoses: Bipolar Disorder - Comparing DSM & Biblical Symptomologies
In this episode, the hosts, Mike, Shauna, and Jeremy, discuss the symptomologies associated with the diagnoses of bipolar disorder, the criteria, and the biblical explanations for a manic episode of bipolar disorder. Please email topics@speakthetruth.org if you'd like us to address or discuss a specific topic!
DSM-IV Criteria for DSM-IV-TR Criteria for “Manic Episode” “Manic Episode”
1. A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, lasting at least 1 week.
2. Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
3. More talkative than usual or pressures to keep talking.
4. Flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing.
5. Distractibility
6. Increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexual activity).
7. Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g. engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments). American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
Biblical Explanation for Biblical Explanation for
“Manic Episode”
Following are biblical descriptors that more accurately describe the spiritual issues that foster behavior and thinking:
• Anger/Fits of Rage
• Pride
• Anxiety
• Selfish Ambition
• Fear
• Self-Control
• Drunkenness
• Sexual Immorality/Adultery
• Foolishness/Folly
• Idolatry such as:
Control
Significance
Pleasure
Acceptance
Approval
Security
Power
Resources Mention:
Elyse Fitzpatrick & Laura Hendrickson: Will Medicine Stop the Pain?: Finding God's Healing for Depression, Anxiety, and Other Troubling Emotions
1. A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, lasting at least 1 week.
2. Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
3. More talkative than usual or pressures to keep talking.
4. Flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing.
5. Distractibility
6. Increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexual activity).
7. Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g. engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments). American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
Biblical Explanation for Biblical Explanation for
“Manic Episode”
Following are biblical descriptors that more accurately describe the spiritual issues that foster behavior and thinking:
• Anger/Fits of Rage
• Pride
• Anxiety
• Selfish Ambition
• Fear
• Self-Control
• Drunkenness
• Sexual Immorality/Adultery
• Foolishness/Folly
• Idolatry such as:
Control
Significance
Pleasure
Acceptance
Approval
Security
Power
Resources Mention:
Elyse Fitzpatrick & Laura Hendrickson: Will Medicine Stop the Pain?: Finding God's Healing for Depression, Anxiety, and Other Troubling Emotions