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Module 35Mood Disorders and Personality Disorders
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Major Depressive Disorder
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Depression90% of suicides are the result of mental
illness.Depression is the most common of those
mental illnesses.Reasons?Cultural causes?Geographical causes?
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Where one gets depressed.Where one gets depressed.
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Bipolar Disorder (a.k.a. Manic depression)
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Explaining Mood Disorders
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The Biological PerspectiveGenetic InfluencesThe Depressed Brain
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The Social-Cognitive PerspectiveNegative Thoughts Feed Negative MoodsNegative Moods Feed Negative ThoughtsDepression’s Vicious Cycle (see diagram)
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To treat depression
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Types of Personality Disorders
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Clusters of Personality DisordersAvoidant personality disorder
Withdrawn; fearful of rejection; anxious.Schizoid personality disorder
Eccentric behaviors; socially disengaged.Histrionic personality disorder
Attention seeking.Narcissistic personality disorder
Exaggerates their own importance; success fantasies.
Borderline personality disorderUnstable identity; unstable emotions
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The one most dangerous personality disorder is…
Antisocial personality disorder (sociopath or psychopath)No conscience; criminal; irresponsible
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Cold-Blooded Arousability and Risk of Crime
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Understanding Personality Disorders
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Murderous Minds
PET scans illustrate reduced activation in a murder’s frontal cortex
Normal Murderer
Multiple PersonalitiesDissociative disorderSpecifically: “dissociative identity disorder”Are they authentic (read pp. 520-521)
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