BIOL 103 Lecture Notes - Tranylcypromine, Prefrontal Cortex, Social Skills
15 Jan 2013
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This tendency was especially evident among people high in autonomy. Constant seeking of reassurance is a critical variable in depression. Even when reassured, they are only temporarily satisfied. Their negative self-concept causes them to doubt the truth o the feedback they have received, and their constant efforts to be reassured come to irritate others. Social skills deficits may be a cause and consequence of depression. Patients with bipolar depression have elevated levels of the dysfunctional attitudes described by. Beck, as well as problems in autobiographical memory and the ability to generate solutions in problem- solving task. The manic phase of the disorder is seen as a defence against a debilitating psychological state. Bipolar disorder is one of the mot heritable of disorders. Genes account for possibly 85% of variance in whether a person becomes manic. Evidence favouring the hypothesis that bipolar disorder results from a dominant gene on the 11th chromosome.
