NURS 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Borderline Personality Disorder, Prefrontal Cortex, Mood Disorder
4 Nov 2020
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Affect subjective ranges from severe melancholy to euphoria/mania euthymia: healthy mood fluctuations observable and objective gauges how a person"s internal environment responds to their experience important to assess for affective instability. Brain structures: prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate gyrus and limbic system. *the digestive and musculoskeletal system may also play a role in mood regulation (e. g. ibs) Hpa axis increased hpa activity is the hallmark of stress anxiety disorders. Ptsd depressive disorder bipolar disorder borderline personality disorder alcoholism. Becomes more evident in middle childhood (developing empathy, mimicking behaviours and. Adolescents have increased variability in mood states and affect, social environment has a large impact, frontal lobe development. Adults and seniors continue to improve their emotional regulation. Older adults often report higher level of wellbeing (believed to compensate for cognitive and physical decline) Population risk data women report higher levels of depression (more likely to discuss it than men?) Canadians suffer from a mood disorder.
