CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY- MOOD AFFECTIVE DISORDERS (UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DISORDER)🤎 Flashcards
Define mood disorders, describe the four different types of episodes
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Describe what unipolar disorder is and it’s diagnostic criteria
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Describe what bipolar disorder is (two types) and it’s diagnostic criteria, what are episodic mood disorders?
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Discuss the concept of research and methods in relation to BDI
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Describe a measure of depression in detail (5), define psychometric testing
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Discuss the concept of issues and debates in relation to BDI
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Biological explanations of mood disorders: Thoroughly explain the BIOCHEMICAL explanation of bipolar disorder using keywords
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Biological explanations of mood disorders: Thoroughly explain the GENETIC explanation of bipolar disorder using keywords
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Biological explanations for bipolar disorder: discuss a study that revolves around genetics being a biological explanation for bipolar disorder (include context, aims, sample & design & results, finding and conclusions), define the terms: polymorphisms and sexually dimorphic
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Oruc et al: explain two strengths and two weaknesses of the study
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Oruc et al: explain an application of this study to daily life
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Oruc et al: explain the determinism vs. free will issue and debate in this study
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Psychological explanations for bipolar disorder: discuss a study that revolves around a psychological explanation for mood disorders (include all necessary information), define schemas
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Psychological explanations for bipolar disorder: discuss another case study that revolves around another psychological explanation for mood disorders (in your discussion, include all necessary information and discuss the concepts of learned helplessness, attributional style and internal, stable + global views) (include the sample, procedure + findings/ results/ conclusions)
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Research methods: discuss the concepts of research methods (with reference to Seligman et al.)
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Issues and debates: discuss the concept of nature vs. nurture (with reference to Seligman et al.)
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Explain the three different biological treatments of bipolar disorder (how + why they’re used, how their work and their side effects), explain the terms neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and withdrawal
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Explain a psychological treatment for schizophrenia in detail, additionally, refer to a case study
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Explain another psychological treatment for schizophrenia in detail, additionally refer to two case studies
define stoicism and meta-analysis
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Discuss the concept of research methods in relation to studies conducted about mood disorders
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Discuss the concept of individual vs. situational in relation to case studies about mood disorders
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Discuss the concept of biological vs. psychological treatments
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