15.7 Mood and Related Disorders — When Biology and Life Events Collide | Psychology 2e
After this lesson you will be able to…
- Learn the key differences between normal mood fluctuations and clinical mood disorders.
- Understand the diverse ways mood disorders can manifest through three distinct patient examples.
- Understand the diagnostic criteria, physiological symptoms, and recurrence rates of MDD.
- Learn the characteristics of bipolar disorder and the diagnostic criteria for a manic episode.
- Understand why Major Depressive Disorder is systemic and affects the entire body, not just mood.
- Explore seasonal, persistent, and peripartum onset depression, including their unique triggers and symptoms.
- Learn how twin studies demonstrate the strong genetic link in major depressive and bipolar disorders.
- Understand the role of serotonin and norepinephrine in mood disorders and their pharmacological treatments.
- Discover how the amygdala and prefrontal cortex function and malfunction in depression.
- Learn how genetic predisposition (diathesis) interacts with environmental stressors to trigger mood disorders.
- Understand how the 5HTTLPR gene interacts with environmental trauma to influence depression risk.
- Explore how depressive schemas and hopelessness theory contribute to negative thinking patterns.
- Understand how rumination deepens depressive episodes and its link to gender differences in MDD rates.
- Understand suicide as a devastating outcome of mood disorders, its prevalence, and contributing factors.
- Learn about the contagion effect in suicide and the biological marker of extremely low serotonin levels.
- Develop empathy by understanding mood disorders as complex collisions of biological, environmental, and cognitive factors.
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(0)This lesson explores the science behind mood and related disorders, drawing from Section 15.7 of OpenStax Psychology 2e. Through the real-world cases ...
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Quiz: Understanding Mood Disorders — Biology, Cognition, and Outcomes
FundamentalsAnswer each question based only on what was covered in the video lesson. No outside knowledge is needed — all answers come directly from the content presented.
Practice: Mood Disorders — Diagnosis, Biology, and Cognition
PracticeAnswer each question using what you learned in the video lesson. Questions increase in difficulty, moving from recall and understanding to application and analysis. Write complete answers in your own words where explanations are asked for.