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Psychiatric disorders can often be misdiagnosed, as many psychiatric disorders have overarching symptoms. This causes many professionals to misdiagnose individuals suffering from the common symptoms of bi-polar disorder or other depressive disorders. Specifically, depressive disorders, such as bi-polar disorder, generally have an onset during the second and third decade of a person's life (Advokat et al., 2018). These symptoms can often come even later in life, increasing the gap between onset of symptoms and correct diagnosis. Because so many depressive disorders have similar symptoms, there is a high degree of comorbidity with other disorders. While there are risks to taking any medication for a variety of ailments, bi- polar disorder and depressive disorders have an increasing severity of risks. Antidepressants, most commonly prescribed for depressive disorders, typically control dopamine and serotonin levels in the brains by affecting the neurotransmitters involved with emotion and emotional responses. While these drugs may be effective at treating the symptoms of depressive disorders, misdiagnosis of depressive disorders can lead to adverse effects of the drug being used to treat the symptoms, thus triggering a "flip" in manic episodes (Advokat et al., 2018). Therefore, additional medication is often prescribed to level out the symptoms and potential flip in emotional responses. Many of the medications prescribed are simply mood stabilizers, which can help the patient regulate their mood and emotions better. However, if there is a misdiagnosis prior to the consumption of medication, it can have a snowball effect, making the correct diagnosis harder to achieve. There are many ethical considerations to be made in this instance. If doctors and medical professionals do not give the proper diagnosis for psychiatric disorders, the patients not only run the risk of adverse effects from the medication, but the real problem these patients are faced with is not being treated correctly. This may have detrimental consequences for the patient, as they are seemingly at the mercy of their doctor/provider. While many of these symptoms can be treated on a short term basis, the negative effects from misdiagnosis can be long-term and potentially fatal. References Advokat, C. D., Comaty, J. E., & Julien, R. M. (2018). Julien's primer of drug action: A comprehensive guide to the actions, uses, and side effects of psychoactive drugs (14th ed.). Worth Publishers. https://uaglobalcampus.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9781319200541/ epubcfi/6/254[%3Bvnd.vst.idref%3Dch14_02]!/4/2[ch14_sec_1_2]/ 4[ch14_sec_1_2_1]/8/3:34[ect%2Cly%20] Links to an external site.

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