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TOPIC 6 MOOD DISORDERS

TOPIC 6 MOOD DISORDERS. Mood Disorders. Emotion A state of arousal that is defined by subjective states of feeling Affect The pattern of observable behaviors, such as facial expression, that are associated with the subjective feelings. Mood

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TOPIC 6 MOOD DISORDERS

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  1. TOPIC 6 MOOD DISORDERS

  2. Mood Disorders • Emotion • A state of arousal that is defined by subjective states of feeling • Affect • The pattern of observable behaviors, such as facial expression, that are associated with the subjective feelings.

  3. Mood • A pervasive and sustained emotional response that, in its extreme form, can color the person’s perception of the world. • Unipolar Mood Disorder • A mood Disorder in which the person experiences only episodes of depression • Bipolar mood Disorder • A mood disorder in which the person experiences episodes of mania as well as depression

  4. Causal Factors in unipolar disorders • Biological causal factors • Genetic influences • Neurochemical factors • Abnormalities of Hormonal Regulatory System • Neurophysical and Nuroanatomical Influences • Sleep and Other Biological Rythms • Psychosocial causal factors • Stressful life events • Mildly stressful events and chronic stress • Individual differences in responses to stressors

  5. Causal Factors in unipolar disorders • Biological causal factors • Psychosocial causal factors • Socio-cultural Factors

  6. TREATMENTS AND OUTCOMES • Pharmacotheraphy • Alternative Biological treatments • Psychotheraphy

  7. TOPIC 7 SOMATOFORM & DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS

  8. Introduction • Somatoform disorders • A group of conditions that involve physical symptoms and complains suggesting the presence of a medical conditions but without any evidence of physical pathology to account for them • Dissociative Disorders • A group of conditions involving disruptions in a person’s normally integrated functions of consciousness, identify or perception.

  9. Somatoform disorders • 5 major subcategories • Hypochondriasis • Somatization disorder • Pain disorder • Conversion disorder • Body dysmorphic disorder

  10. Dissociative Disorders • Hysteria and Unconscious • Depersonalization Disorder • Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue • Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

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