Mood disorders

Depression and Society Introduction Loneliness. Guilt. Dejection. Inadequacy. Despondency. At one point or another everyone has harbored feelings such as these. People with depression, however, don’t just relate to these emotions, they identify themselves with these feelings. Gilbert felt a heavy weight pulling deep within his stomach. As he lay in his bed, he began to search for whatever emotional baggage he had that was weighing him down, but strangely enough, he couldn’t find a single…

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) occurs during winter due to less sunlight and dark hours. Light therapy, psychotherapy and antidepressants generally relieve the symptoms of such depressive disorder. Sunlight stimulates the hypothalamus, a cognitive part that controls appetite, sleep and mood. Bipolar disorder, or manic-depressive illness, occurs when a person experiences extremely high and extremely low moments. Those extreme moments are termed as manias. Symptoms and signs of depression…

discussed in this paper is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) also known as depression. Depression is known as one of the most common psychiatric disorders that can be found on young and old adults. This paper will go into detail on what is MDD the different types of treatment options, and its diagnosis. Description Major Depressive Disorder is one of the most serious medical illness that may affect how someone feels, think and or act. It is a disorder that may act negatively in one’s life.…

because of the insight it brought onto the relationship of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Dysthymia and the activation of the amygdala in adolescents (Yang et al. 2010). Major Depressive Disorder is defined as a two week interval with sad mood, loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities, weight loss/gain, appetite loss, feelings of worthlessness, guilt and concentration difficulties. While Dysthymia is when a person’s mood is regularly low and symptoms are not as severe as MDD. (Monk,…

Postpartum depression (PPD) is defined as a mood disorder and a serious mental health concern that affects many women immediately or shortly after the birth of a child (NIMH, 2016). There is no single event or cause that brings on the effects of this depression. The mother has no influence over the introduction of this condition. With every woman having a different chemical structure, symptoms may appear or present differently. It affects 10-15% of new mothers but many of them remain…

referred to as a less serious form of depression, especially when compared to major depression. Both major depression and dysthymia have similar symptoms and effects, but the time frames are one of the most significant differences. Major depressive disorder often occurs in episodes, whereas dysthymia is chronic, with the possibility of episodes of major depression. The two are typically intertwined, and in the case of dysthymia, it is common to have both, referred to as double depression.…

Neuroscience and Depression Jessica Hess Southern Connecticut State University Depression is an affective mood disorder, which is a psychiatric disorder that involves a change of mood and emotion (Pinel, J, 2014). There are several different categories of depression. Major depression is a very familiar term and is the most well known form of depression. This is characterized by symptoms such as loss of interest and an inability to enjoy life and the cause remains unidentified. Another…

Symptoms of depression include a depressed mood and feelings of loneliness, sadness, and unhappiness. For most women, the symptoms are mild and go away on their own. If five or more of these symptoms persist for longer than two weeks, depression may be the cause. If you have symptoms of depression…

Introduction Everyone experiences sadness during certain periods in his or her life, but sometimes the lingering sadness and anxiety doesn’t fade away. This is called depression, a mood state characterized by significantly lowered mood and a loss of interest or pleasure in activities that are normally enjoyable 1. Depression can vary from different types of diagnoses ranging from minor to severe depression, which can be life threatening. Those who suffer from this mental illness experience an…

as “the study of disorders of mind, mood, and behavior” (Baird 264). It is very had to define a psychological disorder because the way that people may view the behavior. For example one person could see the behavior as a symptom while another person sees it as “creative eccentricity” (Baird 264). The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders is responsible for the classification of psychological disorders. “It defines a mental disorder as a…