PSYC 4485 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hypomania, Major Depressive Episode, Borderline Personality Disorder
15 Dec 2018
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Psyc 4485 lecture 6 notes mood disorders. The structure of mood disorders: unipolar mood disorder: mood remains at one pole of depression-mania continuum, bipolar mood disorder: mood travels between depression-elation poles, mixed features: mix of symptoms. In children and adolescents: mood disorders in children similar to mood disorders in adults, manifestation is age-specific: facial expression in younger children, limited activities in older children increases risk. In older adults: major depressive episodes seen in 18%-20% nursing home residents, less prevalent in older adults; perhaps due to less stress, affects men and women in equal numbers, across cultures. Individualistic cultures: pay more attention to psychological issues, canadian occurrence: moderate, among the creative, creativity associated with manic episodes, genetics may play a role too, many poets and writers are bipolar and suicidal. Causes of mood disorders: biological dimensions, familial and genetic influences, two to three times in relatives of probands, mood disorders heritable, familial, nonshared environments.
