HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mania, Bipolar Disorder, Psychomotor Agitation
20 Sep 2016
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Lesson 3: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (mood disorders) Online test: thursday, includes wednesday"s lecture, take notes on the readings. Perhaps these are variations of the same thing, because we don"t have clear idea of cause and certain methods of diagnosis. Interesting questions that the scienti c community is consumed with: e. x. I am invincible! - delusion or manic belief: mania- exaggerated feeling of wellness and goodness. When someone feels really smart and really bright what is the line between the delusional belief they are a genius and the manic belief that they just feel good about themselves. Pervasive and long term thing. (pervasive and sustained) Affect- outward expression mood, face voice and body movement may register. How someone feels over a couple days, weeks or months (mood) The prevailing mood not the emotion that is transient and changes over an event.
