State of Mind: Onset of Mood Disorders, The
Anyone who has a first-degree relative with a mood disorder is at increased risk for experiencing the same disorder themselves. The most common mood disorder is depression. Against the backdrop of a patient named Beverly, Dr. Andrew Leuchter differe...
Going to Extremes: Cognitive Factors and Mood Disorders
Researchers have isolated social and cognitive factors that contribute to mood disorder. For example the loss of a parent, particularly a mother, early in life is a powerful predictor of mood disorder. Early abuse experiences may also trigger the on...
Going to Extremes: Genetic Links to Mood Disorders
If a person has a first degree relative who suffers from bipolar disorder or depression they are significant risk for having a mood disorder themselves, as we see in the cases of Beverly and Kay Redfield Jameson. Stephen Hinshaw talks about wonderin...
Going to Extremes: Support for Families of the Mentally Ill
More than anything, families with loved ones who are mentally ill need information and support. Too often psychological disorders are still considered a source of shame. The public at large as well as family members need to know that these are commo...
Abnormal Psychology; Introduction to Psychology: Depression, the World's Leading Cause of Disability
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and the number one reason people seek help from mental health professionals. There is no way of predicting who will get depressed, although family history and previous depressive episodes are ...
Social and Interpersonal Implications of Psychiatric Illnesses
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison talks about how difficult it is to confide in friends or someone you're going out with that you have a serious psychiatric disorder for which you're being treated. Dr Jamison also urges schools...
Psychiatric Illnesses and Creative People
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison says that, in rare instances, "...there's an unusual combination that can occur in some people...where you have someone who's imaginative to begin with, and then give them an intense mood disor...