
Explore mood disorders, including clinical depression and bipolar conditions, across behavior, cognition, emotion, motivation, and somatic symptoms. Discover well-established treatments and practical strategies to support recovery.
Another method for shifting your moods into high gear on a daily basis is offered to students of this course.
I offer a couple of ideas about what to do both physically and cognitively to combat feeling down. Personal examples are used to demonstrate what works when taking charge of your life.
Explore depression and mania within mood disorders, using DSM criteria of five symptoms over two weeks, across behavior, cognition, emotions, motivation, and body.
The three best ways to treat a major depression are described and explained in detail with examples.
Case examples are described and three therapeutic methods are applied in a format that enables students to use what they have learned.
Covers the symptoms and best treatments for bipolar problems that involve shifts from at least one week of mania and two or more weeks of depression.
Students can analyze and apply methods for treating someone whose moods shift from manic to depressive in a matter of weeks.
Summarizes what students have learned about the issues involved with mood disorders and the sorts of treatments that help change lives for the better.
PowerPoint Slides on Revisions to the DSM-5-TR 2022
Examine the 2022 DSM-5 revisions, including prolonged grief disorder and unspecified mood disorder, and survey neurocognitive concerns related to learning, memory, decision making, and substance influence.
Explore adjustment disorder timelines by distinguishing acute and persistent forms (under six months vs over six months) and clarify delirium definitions to emphasize attention disturbances and avoid misdiagnosis as dementia.
Understand how to diagnose and treat major depression as well as bipolar conditions. Learn effective techniques for beating the blues and mood swings. Master professional criteria for identifying true depression. Explore five ways that people show signs of mood problems and how long they should last for a disorder to be confirmed. Improve your coping skills. Indicators of bipolar and manic problems will also be covered along with the patterns that spell trouble.
Identify the signs of both depression and mood swings to help you grasp how they evolve and persist. Exercises for applications that help you decide on the best treatments for recovery are included. Finally, review what you learned with a Q&A exercise for checking your memory of the key ideas at the end of the course.