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Chapter 16 Mood Disorders

Chapter 16 Mood Disorders. Mood Disorders. Mood Disorders characterized by emotional extremes Major Depressive Disorder

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Chapter 16 Mood Disorders

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  1. Chapter 16 Mood Disorders

  2. Mood Disorders • Mood Disorders • characterized by emotional extremes • Major Depressive Disorder • a mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

  3. Mood Disorders • Manic Episode • a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state • Bipolar Disorder • a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania • formerly called manic-depressive disorder

  4. Mood Disorders-Depression

  5. Mood Disorders-Depression • Canadian depression rates

  6. Mood Disorders- Suicide

  7. Depressed state Manic state Depressed state Mood Disorders-Bipolar • PET scans show that brain energy consumption rises and falls with emotional switches

  8. Mood Disorders-Depression • Altering any one component of the chemistry-cognition-mood circuit can alter the others

  9. Mood Disorders-Depression • The vicious cycle of depression can be broken at any point

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