Psychology 2030A/B Chapter 6: Chapter/Lecture Six

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Bipolar disorder: episodic depressed mood and episodic mania, mood shifts between two emotional poles ends of an emotional continuum, periods of normal feelings and energy commonly occur between these mood changes, long term illness, need to take medication for the rest of their life, if they stop it might come back, categories, bipolar i (cid:224) full blown mania alternates with episodes of major depression, bipolar ii (cid:224) hypomania (mild mania) alternates with episodes of major depression. Decrease need for sleep: c. talkativeness unlike schizophrenics because they make sense, d. flight of ideas, e. distractibility, f. increased goal directed activity, mania: high mood that is clearly excessive and is often accompanied by inappropriate and potentially dangerous behavior, irritability, pressured or rapid speech and a false sense of well being, hypomania: mood elevation that is abnormal yet not severe enough to impair functioning or require hospitalization (ex.