PSY-P 303 Lecture Notes - Mania, Mood Disorder, Personality Test
31 Jan 2016
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Findings support a model of ambition as a stable correlate of mania risk, whereas confidence may increase with happiness. Potential implications for functioning, treatment, and prevention are considered. Bipolar disorder (bd) is a severe psychiatric condition associated with high rates of hospitalization, suicide, medical disease, pre- mature mortality, and disability (insel, 2008; goodwin & jamison, The authors thank david dunning for his helpful feedback on background and analyses. Correspondence concerning this manuscript should be addressed to sheri l. johnson, Department of psychology, 3210 tolman hall, mc 1650, university of california, Estimates suggest that almost half of inpatient mental health care insurance costs are due to bd (brickman, lopic- colo, & johnson, 2002). Consequently, enhanced understanding and treatment of bd is required. This study examines two psychological processes relevant to understanding and treating mania: a tendency to be overly confident and to set unrealistically high goals.
