Abnormal Psychology

Mood Disorders and Suicide 199 Table 6.4 • DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Dysthymic Disorder A. Depressed mood for most of th ...

200 CHAPTER 6 Brain Systems Studies of depressed people have shown that they have unusually low activity in a part of the fronta ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 201 thought that the puzzle of depression was nearly solved. However, we now know that the story is n ...

202 CHAPTER 6 Figure 6.1 and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can lower people’s cortisol levels in addition to decreasing their ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 203 However, genes are not destiny. The environment clearly plays an important role in whether a pers ...

204 CHAPTER 6 implications of stressful life events. Researchers assess this type of rumination by asking participants to agree ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 205 In fact, people who consistently make global and stable attributions for nega- tive events—whethe ...

206 CHAPTER 6 develop depression than were those with fewer than three such events (Lewinsohn et al., 1999). Another study that ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 207 3.Anxious-ambivalent attachment, or alternating between seeking support from the caregiver and wi ...

208 CHAPTER 6 P S N P S N Note also that biological differences—such as specifi c female hormonal changes involved in puberty—ma ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 209 dependent on others, other people may eventually criticize and even reject the person, which coul ...

210 CHAPTER 6 eat foods (such as wine and cheese) containing a substance called tyramine, which can cause fatal blood pressure c ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 211 laypeople raised concerns about whether SSRI use was associated with increased suicide rates. Stu ...

212 CHAPTER 6 Brain Stimulation Not all patients with depression are helped by medication or by other com- monly employed treatm ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 213 circumvent or eliminate those obstacles. For instance, a depressed college stu- dent may feel ove ...

214 CHAPTER 6 Targeting Social Factors Treatment for depression can also directly target a social factor—personal relation- ship ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 215 FEEDBACK LOOPS IN TREATMENT: Depressive Disorders The goals of any treatment for depressive disor ...

216 CHAPTER 6 specifi c with only these two forms of treatment? Because the forms of treatment have been studied the most extens ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 217 Bipolar Disorders After receiving her Ph.D. in psychology and joining the faculty of the Departme ...

218 CHAPTER 6 captivate others a felt certainty. There are interests found in uninteresting people. Sensuality is pervasive and ...