Comparative Analysis

Comparative Analysis

Part 1: Jerome's Case

After studying this case about a 28 year old Jerome, the situation and symptoms discussed highlight towards him experiencing a bipolar disorder. According to Nimh.nih.gov (n.d.) Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a serious mental ailment which causes manic-depressive illness amongst the patient. Individuals who experience this disorder often go through abrupt and unusual mood changes. This makes such individuals happy or more charged up then usual and sometimes extremely sad and desolate leading to depression. The latter could be observed in the case of Jerome as he usually erupted into violent and abusive mood when countered by ...