After educating a class on the etiology of bipolar disorders, a nursing instructor determines that the education was successful when the class uses which description for the kindling theory?

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The kindling theory posits that as genetically predisposed individuals experience repetitive, sub-threshold stressors at vulnerable times, mood symptoms of increasing intensity and duration occur. Eventually, a full-blown depressive or manic episode erupts. Each episode leaves a trace and increases the person's vulnerability, or sensitizes the person to have another episode with less stimulation. Chronobiologic theories suggest that circadian dysregulation underlies the sleep-wake disturbances of bipolar disorder. Research related to genetic factors suggests that bipolar disorder is highly heritable, although no one gene or sequence of genes is responsible for the pathology of bipolar disorders. The allostatic load (or "wear and tear" on the body model) bipolar disorder is viewed as a disorder where the allostatic load increases as the number of mood episodes increases, leading to an increase in physical and mental health problems.

After Educating a Class on the Etiology of Bipolar Disorders