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Mood Disorders

Mental Illness Unit. Mood Disorders. Mood Disorders. Characterized by emotional states of extreme lows and/or highs that last for long intervals Becomes a disorder when alters the ability to function. Major Depressive Disorder.

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Mood Disorders

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  1. Mental Illness Unit Mood Disorders

  2. Mood Disorders • Characterized by emotional states of extreme lows and/or highs that last for long intervals • Becomes a disorder when alters the ability to function

  3. Major Depressive Disorder • Definition: severe form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure or interest in many activities • Extreme Sadness • Inability to function and/or interact with others • To be diagnosed can not be due to a death of a loved one • Must last at least 2 weeks but can last for months (years)

  4. Major Depressive Disorder • To be diagnosed a person must have at least four of the following symptoms • Trouble eating • Sleeping • Thinking • Concentrating or decision making • Lacking energy • Thinking about suicide • Feeling worthless or guilty

  5. Mania • Definition: mood of an abnormally elevated arousal energy level • Experiences of Elation, Extreme Confusion, Distractibility and Racing Thoughts • Exaggerated sense of self-esteem • Engages in Irresponsible Behavior

  6. Bipolar Disorder • Definition: disorder in which an individual alternates between feelings of mania (euphoria) and feelings of depression

  7. Seasonal Affective Disorder • Struggle with depression through the winter and spirits lift with the coming of spring • Some people are reversed and depressed in the summer • Might be caused by the hormone Melatonin • Symptom • Sleeping and Eat Excessively Look how emo this guy is!

  8. Suicide • Not all who are depressed commit suicide and not all depressed people try to commit suicide • Many reasons: • Possibly to escape physical or emotional pain • Terminal illness or old age • Torment of unacceptable feelings • Punish themselves for wrongs they think they’ve committed • Punish others who have not perceived their needs • More women attempt but more men succeed • Fourth highest cause of death people 18 to 65 • 30,000 Americans per year (1 every 20 minutes) • Those that threaten are serious • 70% of those who threaten do it

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