Mood Disorders

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Mood Disorders

• Psychological disorders characterized by
  emotional extremes (i.e. depression, mania, or
  both).

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Major Depression

• A.K.A. unipolar depression.
• Unhappy for at least two weeks with no apparent
  cause.
• Feelings of worthlessness and diminished interest
  in most activities.
• May have suicidal thoughts.

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Major Depression

• Most episodes last less than 6 months.
• Stressful events often precede depression.
• Depression is the 1 reason people seek mental
  health.
• Women twice as vulnerable to major depression.

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Depression
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Depression
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Dysthymic Disorder

• Suffering from mild depression every day for at
  least two years.
• Chronic depression.

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Postpartum Depression

• Depression after childbirth (baby blues).

• 5 to 10 of women.

• Sadness, fatigue, insomnia, reduced libido, etc.

• Usually the first few months after giving birth.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

• Experience depression during the winter months.
• Based not on temperature, but on amount of
  sunlight.
• Treated with light therapy.

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Bipolar Disorder

• Formally called manic depression.
• Involves periods of depression and manic
  episodes.
• Manic episodes involve feelings of high energy
  (but they tend to differ a lotsome get confident
  and some get irritable).
• Engage in risky behavior during the manic episode.

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Famous People with Bipolar
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Bipolar Brain
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Norepinephrine
Increases arousal and boosts moods. Scarce
during depression and overabundant during
mania. Drugs that alleviate mania, reduce
norepinephrine.
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Serotonin
Also scarce during depression. Prozac, Zoloft
and Paxil all block the reuptake of serotonin
which relieves the depression.
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Suicide
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Suicide