PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorder, Mania
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Mood disorders psychological disorders whose core conditions involve maladaptive mood states. Major depression mood disorder characterized by intense depression that. Dysthymia a depressive mood disorder of moderate intensity that occurs over a long period of time but does not disrupt functioning as a major depression does. Depression involves cognitive symptoms, motivational symptoms, and somatic (physical) symptoms. Bipolar disorder depression alternates with periods of mania. Mania state of highly excited mood and behaviour that is quite the opposite of depression. Norepinephrine drops during depression, increases during mania. Prevalence and course of mood disorders their grandparents. People born after 1960 are ten times more likely to experience depression than are. Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression. After depression, one of three patterns may follow: Half of all cases, depression will never recur. Many people show recovery with recurrence some years later (recurring episode is shorter) Causal factors in mood disorders underactive in depression.
