PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 49: Jet Lag, Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Yen

Document Summary

Mood disorders: psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. (major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder) Depression has been called (cid:498)the common cold(cid:499) of psychological disorders . Although phobias are more common, depression is the number one reason an expression that describes its commonness but not its seriousness people seek mental health services. Depression plagues 12% of canadian adults and 17% of us adults. Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. As anxiety is a response to the threat of future loss, depressed mood is often a response to past and current loss. Depression can be seen as a sort of psychic hibernation: it slows us down, defuses aggression, helps us let go of unattainable goals, and restrains risk taking. The difference between a blue mood after bad news and a mood disorder is like the difference between gasping for breath after a hard run and being chronically short of breath.