PSYCH 270 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bipolar Disorder, Striatum, Cognitive Therapy
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These are disorders which are disruption to emotional regulation. In dsm-5 there are two main categories of disorders. Chapter 5 review: mood disorders: depressive disorders, disorders with mania. Major depressive disorder: requires at least 5 symptoms, one of which must be depressed mood/ extreme sadness, there is often a high correlation with suicidal thoughts or behaviors. Bipolar disorders contain different mixes of depression and mania: the disorder is more common in men than in women. Bipolar 1 contains full mania, but does not require major depression: mania is manic behavior lasting at least a week or resulting in hospitalization. Bipolar 2 cannot have full mania, but requires major depression. Cyclothymia is chronic, at least two years, of rapid cycling between hypomania and minor depression. Depressive disorders: extremely heritable, may be linked to activity of dopamine in the. Linked to genetic polymorphism and exposure: abnormalities in 5htt seretonin receptors. Increased activity in anterior cingulate and amygdala: decreased tryptophan.
