Kyle Walker

Prof. Johnson-Taylor

English 1201-online

13 July 2019

Bipolar II Online Casebook

1. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml

The article chosen has no primary author, for it is an article from the National Institute of

Mental Health which is all formal medical information and does not give informal credit to any

one author. The source is meant to inform and educate the readers about bipolar disorder and

provide symptoms, signs and factors that withstand from Bipolar disorder. The whole article

depicts and breaks down all of the information you need to know about Bipolar disorder so you

could possibly compare and learn more about the disorder for yourself. This source is a credible

medical source, making it reliable and dependable to rely on with research. This source will give

me basic background knowledge of the disorder and help me to better understand what I am

writing about.

2.

https://www.bbrfoundation.org/content/study-compares-3-different-treatments-bipolar-ii-disorder

The source chosen is titled “Study Compares 3 Different Treatments for Bipolar II

Disorder” by Trisha Suppes, a Medical Doctor graduated from Stanford University. The articles

main purpose is to inform and educate the readers about the disorder, but the author's style and

approach makes it much more informal and understanding for an everyday reader to comprehend

and explain to others. The article provides information about the disorder but then also processes
and breaks down a study among patients with Bipolar II disorder, testing medicine and

treatments on patients and logging the data to work with the results and better understand bipolar

disorder. I will use the information provided to add examples of medical tests and the results in

my paper, the information will help the reader better understand and interpret the meaning of the

disorder and how much it can affect your life.

3. ​https://www.psycom.net/bipolar-ii-disorder-the-other-side-of-me/

This source is an inside look into the mind of an author, Julie Kraft, who was officially

diagnosed with Bipolar disorder after living with it for many many years. The article is written

by author Ann Matturro Gualt, but she mostly just captures the words of Kraft throughout the

article. The article explains the hardships, symptoms and outcomes of the stages Kraft went

through and this will help to explain the day to day life of a bipolar patient.

4. ​https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/bipolar-disorders/what-are-bipolar-disorders

This source is another formal, guidelined website that provides information within a

structured plot to inform readers about the disorder. This website however provides the info in a

different manner that provides a much different basic understanding. Although the article does

not have one specific author, the article is has a final revision by Dr Ranna Parekh. The article

breaks down Bipolar disorder into the three stages and explains each. This will help to better

understand the difference between each diagnosed stage of the disorder and will help me to better

understand what I am writing about. The breakdown of each will add to a discussion of the

effects of Bipolar II as I will be able to differ between them.

5. ​https://www.medicinenet.com/bipolar_disorder/article.htm
 This article is a very useful source for research, written by Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards

for medecinenet.com, a nonprofit medical website that provides information for the less

knowledgeable. The page does a terrific job of providing clickable links, giving a way to reach

the exact information you want and not making it difficult to find certain symptoms or causes of

the disorder. The site will be very useful in my paper with a direct connection to the information

I need and an easy way to access it. The site provides the different symptoms in kids, adults and

also most questions that would be posed about a certain disorder such as bipolar.

6. ​https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/My-Story-with-Bipolar-Disorder

This source is a personal life story, although no author is stated so there is no personal

connection made but the story and information are all still valuable. The source displays a story

of a college student who realizes and is diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, the article explains the

symptoms the patient went through and the reasoning behind all of the treatments she had to go

through.

7.

https://www.latuda.com/bpd/stories-of-bipolar-depression.html?utm_medium=SEM&utm_sourc

e=google&utm_campaign=Actively+Seeking+Help&utm_term=%2Bbipolar%20%2Bdisorder%

20%2Bstories&utm_content=LAT_DTC_SEM_Unbranded_2&gclsrc=aw.ds&&&gclid=Cj0KC

QjwpavpBRDQARIsAPfTwiz8FCEgNJtrKUjABDi-oE-pufsSE7QjNXfR-wH7eGOCGWe9D6x

aFO8aAkvcEALw_wcB

This source is another first hand experience source, although this site post many different

stories and has many different viewpoints to choose from so you have the best possible

understanding of the disorder. The first person videos provide a personal outlook on the disorder
and helps to better understand it. This site is used to promote bipolar medication and it helps to

show why certain people need the meds and how the effect the patients.