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A description of one psychological disorder and an explanation of the disorder from two or more casual viewpoints (such as the biological viewpoints and biological causal, the psychosocial viewpoints(psychodynamic perspectives), psychosocial causal factors, sociocultural causal factors.

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Bipolar disorder is a psychological disorder caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain and marked by extreme fluctuations in moods (mania and depression), with some periods of normal mood. The illness is caused by several factors, such as psychosocial and genetics. Those factors are explained below.

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An example of one such disorder is bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder is a psychological disorder caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain and marked by extreme fluctuations in moods (mania and depression), with some periods of normal mood. The illness is caused by several factors, such as psychosocial and genetics.

From a psychosocial standpoint, ...

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