Zusammenfassung der Ressource
A Change of mood
- Bipolar disorder
- Bipolar I disorder. At least one
manic episode
- Bipolar II disorder. never had a
manic episode.
- Bipolar II patients
are symptomatic
most of their lives.
- Cyclothymic disorder
- MSE
- behavior
- mood
- thought
- attentiveness
- speech
- reaction
- attitude
- Depression
- Suicide
- Altruistic suicide
- Anomic suicide
- Fatalistic suicide
- Egoistic suicide
- Epidemiology
- Affects more than 350 million people of all ages worldwide, and by
2020, it will be the second leading cause of disability throughout
the world after cardiovascular disease
- Causes
- Abuse
- Certain medications.
- Conflict
- Death or a loss
- Genetics
- Major events
- Serious illnesses
- Substance abuse
- Biological Aspects
- Neurotransmitter Disturbance:
- Second Messengers and Intracellular
Cascades
- Alterations of Hormonal Regulation-
- Symptoms
- Sad mood
- worthlessness and guilt
- Impaired concentration, indecisiveness
- hypersomnia
- Markedly diminished interest or pleasure
- Restlessness
- Recurring thoughts of death
- Treatment
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- small electric currents are
passed through the brain,
intentionally triggering a
brief seizure. → cause
changes in brain chemistry
that can quickly reverse
symptoms of certain mental
health conditions.
- Risks: Confusion Memory
loss Physical side effect
- Psychological
Treatment
- Cognitive
Behavior Therapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Behavior Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Almost twice as many women as men have major or clinical depression
- Mania
- is a mood state
characterized
by period of at
least one week
where an
elevated,
expansive, or
unusually
irritable mood
exists.
- Center of emotion
- Limbic System
- Cingulate gyrus
- Parahippocampal gyrus
- Subcallosal Gyrus
- Hippocampus
- Amygdala