In this activity, you will examine three case examples of depressive and manic episodes and discuss recommendations on the appropriate management, intervention, and treatment of these episodes.

Step 1. Analyze (45 minutes)

Reflect on all the required learning materials for this lesson and examine three cases of depressive and manic episodes below. Imagine you are a physician or health care provider assigned treatment of these patients. How would you respond? What steps would you take to support the patients toward treatment and recovery?

    Source: https://doi.org/10.1002/da.20457

  Source: https://div12.org/case_study/sarah-bipolar-disorder/

Step 2. Reflect and Respond (180 minutes)

Reflect on these three cases. Keep in mind these questions:

• Imagine you are a physician or health care provider assigned treatment of these patients. How would you respond? What steps would you take to support the patients towards treatment and recovery?

Based on the case scenarios above, write a 300-600-word discussion forum that covers the following points:

• Explain initial steps that are commonly employed by a physician or a health care provider to address these types of cases.
• Discuss appropriate management, intervention, and treatment strategies that are commonly used to treat these disorders.

Step 3. Share (10 minutes)

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4. Interact (10 minutes)

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to the forum.”

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”