Module 35 Mood Disorders and Personality Disorders Exploring in Modules, Module 35.

Module 35Mood Disorders and Personality Disorders

Exploring in Modules, Module 35

Major Depressive Disorder


Depression90% of suicides are the result of mental

illness.Depression is the most common of those

mental illnesses.Reasons?Cultural causes?Geographical causes?


Where one gets depressed.Where one gets depressed.


Bipolar Disorder (a.k.a. Manic depression)


Explaining Mood Disorders


The Biological PerspectiveGenetic InfluencesThe Depressed Brain

The Social-Cognitive PerspectiveNegative Thoughts Feed Negative MoodsNegative Moods Feed Negative ThoughtsDepression’s Vicious Cycle (see diagram)


To treat depression


Types of Personality Disorders


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Withdrawn; fearful of rejection; anxious.Schizoid personality disorder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


The one most dangerous personality disorder is…

Antisocial personality disorder (sociopath or psychopath)No conscience; criminal; irresponsible



Cold-Blooded Arousability and Risk of Crime


Understanding Personality Disorders


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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