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Chapter 18Section 5

Mood Disorders

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Objective

Identify several theories that attempt to explain mood disorders.Slide3

Have you ever known anyone who had overwhelming feelings of sadness or hopelessness for no apparent reason? Slide4

‘Big 5’ dimensions of personality

People think about themselves and others in terms of typology-you’re this type.

The Five Factor Model, or “Big Five,” refers to five dimensions of personality, which range in each person from high to low , and are used by many personality researchers. Common traits are:Slide5

‘Big Five’

Extraversion: Talkative, energetic and assertive.

Agreeableness: Sympathetic, kind and affectionate.

Conscientiousness: Organized and thorough.

Neuroticism: Tense, moody and anxious-the opposite of emotionally stable.

Openness to experience: Imaginative and insightful. Slide6

Six Words

The book:

Not Quite What I Was Planning

“Well, I thought it was funny.” –

Stephen Colbert

“Revenge is living well, without you.” –novelist,

Joyce Carol Oates

“Never really finished anything, except cake.”-

Carletta

Perkins.

“Outcasts. Picked last. Surprised them all.” –

Rachel PineSlide7

Summing up

Summing up your life in just six words can be rather interesting. Think of it as cheap therapy.

It can be kind of surprising, too. The end result might be more honest than you ever expected.

So what is your “memoir?” Slide8

Depression: feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, guilt, and great sadness.

Bipolar disorder: cycle of mood changes from depression to wild elation and back again.Slide9

Types of Mood Disorders

Major Depression: most common of all the psychological disorders.

Five of the nine symptoms:

Persistent depressed mood for most of the day

Weight loss or gain due to changes in appetite

Sleeping more or less than usual

Speeding up or slowing down of physical or emotional reactions

Fatigue or loss of energy

Feelings of worthlessness or unfounded guilt

Reduced ability to concentrate or make meaningful decisions

Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.Slide10

Major depression: one of the first two symptoms in the list.

Symptoms for two weeks and occur nearly every day.Slide11

Paintings

Paintings of

Edvard

Munch, some of his self-portraits and some of the of his family, such as the painting titled

Death in the Sickroom.

Look at the sense of depression that permeates many of Munch’s paintings.

Here is one of his quotations from his writings: “ Sickness and insanity and death were the black angels that hovered over my cradle and have since followed me throughout my life.”Slide12

FYI

Psychiatry professor Kay Jamison, in her 1992 book,

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament,

agrues

that poets and other artists are more likely than the general public to suffer from mood disorders and that it is the disorders in part that make these people creative. Jamison reached this conclusion after delving into biographies of celebrated figures. Slide13

Psychology Today

November/December 1995 issue of

Psychology Today,

found that suicidal patients have higher than normal levels of a specific receptor in their blood. This study raises the possibility that a blood test could become a standard part of patient screening to determine risk of suicide. Slide14

Bipolar Disorder

Formerly known as manic depression.

Bipolar is characterized by dramatic ups and downs in mood.

Mania: extreme excitement characterized by hyperactivity and chaotic behavior, into depression. Slide15

Explaining Mood Disorders

Psychological Views: negative thoughts

Biological Views: close relatives-connection

between genes and mood. Slide16