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Bellringer : 3/5

Bellringer : 3/5. Think of a time that you were sad, maybe even depressed. Remember how you felt. Describe the situation, and how you felt. Now, describe/explain what helped you get happy again. . Mood Disorders. Involve disturbances in the experience and expressions of depression.

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Bellringer : 3/5

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  1. Bellringer: 3/5 • Think of a time that you were sad, maybe even depressed. Remember how you felt. Describe the situation, and how you felt. • Now, describe/explain what helped you get happy again.

  2. Mood Disorders Involve disturbances in the experience and expressions of depression.

  3. Major Depressive disorders • Severe form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure or interest in many activities. • Can range from mild feelings of uneasiness and sadness to intense suicidal despair. • Feelings can not be associated to bereavement (loss of love one). • Four symptoms: • Problems with eating, sleeping or thinking, concentrating or decision making. • Lacking in energy • Thinking about suicide • Feeling of worthlessness or guilt.

  4. BIPolar • Individuals are excessively and inappropriately happy or unhappy. • Manic Phase: a person experiences elation, extreme confusion, and racing thoughts. • May act as though they need less sleep, activity level increases. • Hard to detect, still in touch with reality. • Depressive Phase: overcome feelings of failure, sinfulness, worthlessness and despair. • May act lethargic and unresponsive.

  5. Seasonal Affective disorder • Depression during the winter months, spirits lift during the spring and summer. • Researchers say that the hormone Melatonin may play role. • Less light in winter, means more Melatonin is secreted by the brain. • Higher level of Melatonin may cause SAD.

  6. Explaining Mood Disorders • Psychological factors that impact mood disorders: • personality traits • self esteem • amount of social support • ability to deal with difficult situations • Aaron Beck (1983) believes depressed people draw illogical conclusions about themselves, blame themselves for normal problems and minor failures can be catastrophes. • Martin Seligman (1975) believes that depression is caused by feeling of learned helplessness. Learns to believe that they have no control over events in life. • Biological factors may also be playing role: serotonin, noradrenaline, genetic factors, faulty brain structure and function.

  7. Criteria for Depression • In hand out 70, read the criteria for depression. • Make a T-chart on piece of paper to compare the differences the diagnosis of depression to simple feelings of sadness. • Hand out 71, read the cases. For each case study list the symptoms that meet the criteria for major depressive episode.

  8. Depression • Research on of the Major Depressive Disorders… • Depression • Bipolar • SAD • Introduce topic/disorder • Research new findings or conclusions about disorder? Medicine/Techniques • Conclusion • **Attach article to paper.

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