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Mood Disorders

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.

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Mood Disorders

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  1. 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

  2. Mood Disorders • 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

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

  4. Mood Disorders-Depression

  5. Mood Disorders-Depression

  6. Mood Disorders- Suicide

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

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

  9. Dissociative Disorders • Dissociative Disorders • conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings • Dissociative Identity Disorder • rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities • formerly called multiple personality disorder

  10. Schizophrenia • Schizophrenia • literal translation “split mind” • a group of severe disorders characterized by: • disorganized and delusional thinking • disturbed perceptions • inappropriate emotions and actions

  11. Schizophrenia • Delusions • false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders • Hallucinations • sensory experiences without sensory stimulation

  12. Schizophrenia

  13. Schizophrenia

  14. Schizophrenia

  15. Schizophrenia Schizophrenia

  16. Personality Disorders • Personality Disorders • disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning • usually without anxiety, depression, or delusions

  17. Personality Disorders • Personality Disorders • disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning • usually without anxiety, depression, or delusions

  18. Personality Disorders • Antisocial Personality Disorder • disorder in which the person (usually man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members • may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist

  19. Mood Disorders-Depression • Boys who were later convicted of a crime showed relatively low arousal

  20. Murderer Normal Personality Disorders • PET scans illustrate reduced activation in a murderer’s frontal cortex

  21. Rates of Psychological Disorders

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