1.0 General Characteristics of Mood Disorders |
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1.1 Define the nature of an episode as used to diagnose a mood disorder. |
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2.0 Depressive Disorders |
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2.1 Indicate the diagnostic characteristics of a major depressive episode, types of depression, epidemiology and course of major depressive disorder. |
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2.2 Enumerate the criteria used to diagnose dysthymic disorder. |
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3.0 Disorders Involving Alternations in Mood |
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3.1 Describe the symptoms of a manic episode, the types of bipolar disorder, epidemiology and course of bipolar disorder. |
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3.2 Indicate the diagnostic criteria for cyclothymic disorder. |
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4.0 Theories and Treatments of Mood Disorders |
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4.1 Explain the biological perspective, including approaches to theory and treatment that focus on genetics and biochemical abnormalities. |
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4.2 Evaluate the psychodynamic perspective and its application to understanding and treating mood disorders. |
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4.3 Describe the behavioral perspective and how it is used to treat and understand mood disorders. |
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4.4 Outline the cognitive-behavioral perspective of the nature and treatment of mood disorders. |
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4.5 Clarify the nature of the sociocultural and interpersonal perspectives of mood disorders and indicate how they are used in treatment. |
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5.0 Suicide |
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5.1 Describe the characteristics of people who commit suicide. |
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5.2 Compare and contrast the biological, psychological, and sociocultural perspectives of why people commit suicide. |
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5.3 Outline the nature of the assessment and treatment of suicidality. |
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6.0 Mood Disorders: The Biopsychosocial Perspective |
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6.1 Contrast and integrate the current approaches to mood disorders. |
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7.0 Chapter Boxes |
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7.1 Evaluate the issue of whether Prozac is an appropriate treatment for "subsyndromal" conditions. |
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7.2 Outline the research demonstrating the effectiveness of interpersonal therapy for depression. |
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7.3 Discuss the case of Kay Redfield Jamison. |