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Self-Care Management for Bipolar Patients to Prevent Re-admission
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental health disorder characterized by what could, in basic terms, be defined as extreme mood swings. To a large extent, it is a condition that could be effectively treated and managed following the deployment of the relevant interventions. These interventions could be inclusive of medications and psychotherapy.
It would, however, be prudent to note that as Hamilton, Passos, Cardoso, Jansen, Allen, Begley, Soares, and Kapczinski (2016) point out, those diagnosed with bipolar disorders happen to have a rather high rate of readmission. Alongside bipolar disorder, other serious mental health illnesses that have been associated with a high rate of readmission are inclusive of major depressive disorder and schizophrenia (Vyas, 2016). James, Charlemagne, Gilman, Alemi, Smith, Tharayil, and Freeman (2011) also make a similar finding to the effect that considerable evidence suggests that patients with serious mental illness (SMI) have higher 30-day readmission rates following medical hospitalizations than those without SMI (311). It therefore follows that there is a clear need for the implementation of various interventions in an effort to reduce readmissions among patients diagnosed with SMI specifically bipolar disorder.
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