Transcript Chapter 8 Mood Disorders and Suicide

Chapter 8
Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Types of Mood Disorders
• Major Depressive Disorder
– Diagnostic features
– Risk factors in major depression
– Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
– Postpartum depression
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Prevalence of Major Depressive *
Episodes by Gender
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Types of Mood Disorders
• Dysthymic Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
– Manic episode
• Cyclothymic Disorder
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Prevalence of Dysthymic Disorder*
by Gender
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Theoretical Perspectives on Mood*
Disorders
• Stress and Mood Disorders
• Psychodynamic Theories
– Mourning
– Ambivalent feelings
– Research evidence
• Humanistic Theories
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Theoretical Perspectives on Mood*
Disorders
• Learning Theories
– Reinforcement and depression
– Interactional theory
• Cognitive Theories
– Aaron Beck’s cognitive theory
– Research evidence on cognitions and
depression
– Learned helplessness (attributional)
theory
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Theoretical Perspectives on Mood*
Disorders
• Biological Factors
– Genetic factors
• Tying It Together
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Diathesis-Stress Model of
Depression
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Treatment of Mood Disorders
• Psychodynamic Approaches
– Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)
• Behavioral Approaches
• Cognitive Approaches
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Treatment of Mood Disorders
• Biological Approaches
– Antidepressant drugs
• Tricyclics antidepressants
• MAO inhibitors
• SSRIs
• St John’s Wort
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Actions of Antidepressants at the *
Synapse
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Treatment of Mood Disorders
• Biological Approaches
– Drug treatment for bipolar disorder
• Lithium
• Anticonvulsive drugs
– Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
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Treatment of Mood Disorders
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for
Depression
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Suicide
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Who Commits Suicide
Why Do People Commit Suicide?
Theoretical Perspectives on Suicide
Predicting Suicide
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Suicide
• Suicide prevention
– Draw the person out
– Be sympathetic
– Suggest means to work out problems
– Ask how attempt is to be made
– Accompany person to a professional
– Don’t say “You’re talking crazy”
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Suicide Rates According to Age
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