PSYC 101 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture - Personality Disorder Outline of Current Lecture - Mood DisorderCurrent Lecture- Mood Disorder Mood Disorder - Major depression - Mania - Bipolar Disorder Major Depression Disorder - Depression is the common cold of psychological disorders. In a year 5.8% of men and 9.5% women report depression - Happens when depression last two weeks or more and not caused by medication Symptoms - Sleep disturbance - Hypersomnia - Hyposomnia - Anhedonia inability - no pleasure - Dietary disturbance - weight gain or loss Mania - An extended state of intense, wild elation Symptoms - Intense happiness - Power- Energy These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Lack impulse control Bipolar disorder - Formerly called manic depressive disorder, an alteration between depression and mania signals bipolar disorder- During disorder manic phase creativity surgedSuicide - The most severe form of behavioral response to depression is suicide. 1 million people commit suicideBiological Perspective - Genetic Influenceso mood disorder runs in the family- Linkage analysis and associative studies link possible genes and disposition for depression - PET scans show the rise and fall of brain energy during depression and manic Social Cognitive Behavioral Perspective- Suggests that depression arises partly from self-defeating beliefs and negative explanatory styles Schizophrenia - Split mind, a group of severe disorders - Disturbance of thoughts - Delusions - Emotional disturbance Symptoms - Positive symptoms o Presences of inappropriate behavior o Acute reactive - Negative symptoms o The absence of appropriate behavioro Chronic - Disturbed perceptions o Auditory hallucinations Delusional thinking - A belief that is held by individual Flat affect - Person may laugh when person diesCatatonia - Patient keeps rubbing his head or
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