HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Insomnia, Cortisol, Tardive Dyskinesia
20 Sep 2016
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Mood is pervasive and sustained (prevailing/long in disorder) Affect is the outward expression (what others see) Mood surrounds an entire person, shapes the way we see the world and under- stand our past/think of the future. Mood is much more potent than emotion. Episodes are discrete periods in which behaviour and feelings dominated by mania or depression. Feels supremely happy, optimistic, etc. (in the dsm) unrealistic belief in your own abilities, extra creativity. Decreased need for sleep (not the same thing as insomnia), psychomotor agitation, irritability, flight of ideas, distractibility. Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities with high potential for painful con- sequences. From 1996-2004, 56% spike in bipolar disorder diagnoses. Over last decades, increase from 1% of general population to 4% Not everyone with bipolar disorder achieves great things. Compare treatment of people with schizophrenia v. bipolar disorder v. cancer. Typical response to schizophrenia is ostracizing them, alienating them.
