Transcript The Four C’s” - Macomb County Community Mental

“The Four C’s”
You didn’t Cause it.
You can’t Cure it.
You can’t Control it.
But you can Cope with it.
David Karp, The Burden of Sympathy
What is Coping?
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“those efforts people make to master
conditions of threat, harm, or challenge
when the usual strategies are
insufficient”
Agnes Hatfield
Common Depressive
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
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Difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much
Loss of appetite or eating too much
Problems concentrating or making decisions
Feeling slowed down or too agitated to sit still
Feeling worthless or guilty or having very low
self-esteem
Thoughts of suicide or death
Hallucinations or Delusions
Common Manic Symptoms of
Bipolar Disorder
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Feeling unusually high or euphoric
Needing little sleep yet having great amounts
of energy
Talking so fast others can’t follow
Racing thoughts
Difficulty focusing attention
Inflated feeling of power or importance
Engaging in activities w/o taking the
consequences into consideration
Commonalities Between
Schizophrenia and Bipolar D/o
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Both impact perception, cognition and
emotion
Both are chronic illnesses
Both can have onset in the late teens
early twenties
Both require ongoing treatment
Both are treatable