ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MOOD DISORDERS A mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the DSM IV TR classification system where a disturbance in the person ’s emotional mood is hypothesised to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder‚ as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal
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catatonia 2. Emotional Symptoms: - High levels of euphoria with highly elevated moods states also a decrease in tolerance may be seen with irritability when one fails to get their own way. Behavioural Symptoms: - High Energy levels‚ increased social activity‚ quick rate of speech reckless and dangerous behaviour. 3. Many biological explanations have been put forward in an attempt to explain the cause of mood disorders these mainly consist of Unipolar and Bipolar
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anxiety and mood disorders. There are different types of mood disorders such as unipolar depressive disorder‚ bipolar and related disorder that are related to the terms depression and mania. Depression normally involves loss of interest in activities causing an interruption in daily life. Depression can be described as feelings of extraordinary sadness and dejection. Mania is characterized by periods of great excitement‚ delusions‚ euphoria‚ and over activity. Unipolar depressive disorder is characterized
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CU261P Mood disorder: this is a group of diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) which classifies mental health‚ this particular one is when a person’s mood is seen to be the underlying cause of mental health issues. This umbrellas a host of disorders‚ such as; Bipolar Disease (BD)‚ Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)‚ and also less severe depressions such as dysthymic or cyclothymic. Some mood disorders can be substance induced‚ (due to someone’s drug use)
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have the unsatisfiable hunger to categorize every human being that still has breath. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder‚ Fifth Edition (DSM-5) gives you approximately a fifty percent chance of being diagnosed with some “mental disorder” throughout your lifetime. It is absolutely ridiculous that there are approximately three hundred disorders listed. The Psychopath Test‚ written by Jon Ronson‚ recognizes the faults in psychiatry and psychology. Although psychopaths are known
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diagnosis in 2009 after spending almost eighteen months going from one psychologist to another wasn’t given a formal diagnosis I was prescribed sleeping pills i I was not coping eventually I found someone who immediately tested me for dissociative identity disorder at last I had an explanation and began putting my life back together slowly with her help. Being diagnosed with a mental illness is never easy but in a strange way its a relief to know that everything I have been through is real not some
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of Dissociative identity disorder. However‚ in the film‚ she was diagnosed with its former name multiple personality disorder. Faces of Eve is based on a true story of women in the 1920s to 50s who had at least 3 different personalities that would come with certain triggers. Someone diagnosed with Dissociative identity disorder is the presence of two or more distant personality. Each personality has it own name and characteristics. People with this disorder may do self-harm‚ experience mood swings
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A person suffering from a dissociative identity disorder has two or more separate identities or personality states (Coon & Mitterer‚ 2009). In the movie Mr. Brooks‚ Earl Brooks is a wealthy‚ successful businessman who recently was honored as "Man of the Year." Brooks is also a serial killer‚ known as the "Thumbprint Killer" by the police. He is encouraged by his id‚ manifested as an alter ego who he refers to as Marshall‚ whom only Brooks can see or hear. Marshall loves to kill‚ and even talking
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this as moderate to slim alcoholism. Since he uses alcohol to unwind instead of distressing in another way. C) I advise he goes to AA meetings‚ or he can see a psychologist to find better ways to distress instead of using alcohol. 2) Kurt’s mood swings were unpredictable and excessive in nature. One time he was hyperactive and extremely elated with accelerated speech and a flight of ideas which‚ at times‚ seemed incoherent. During this period he worked feverishly day and night on an important
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Chapter 7--Mood Disorders and Suicide Key 1. Prior to the DSM-IIIR‚ conditions that are currently characterized as mood disorders were referred to by several different names‚ including all of the following EXCEPT: A. B. C. D. 2. depressive disorders affective disorders psychotic episodes depressive neuroses One of the symptoms of a mood disorder is called anhedonia‚ which means: A. a feeling of worthlessness B. an altered pattern of sleep C. indecisiveness D. an inability to experience pleasure
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