1.2 Mood (affective) disorders: depressive disorder (unipolar) and bipolar

1.2.1 Diagnostic criteria for mood (affective) disorders.

• diagnostic criteria (ICD-11) of mood disorders: depressive disorder (unipolar) and bipolar disorders including manic and depressive episodes.
• measure of depression: Beck depression inventory.
• Relevant issues and debates and methodology for this topic include: individual and situational explanations, cultural differences, quantitative and qualitative data, psychometrics, validity.

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Example: apply —mood disorder criteria to one small, clearly defined case, show the key step or comparison, and explain the result in words.

Boundary: —Mood disorder criteria is not a universal recommendation. Check the syllabus scope, assumptions, units and the limits of the evidence before generalising.

1.2.2 Explanations of mood (affective) disorders: depressive disorder (unipolar).

• biological explanations:.
• biochemical.
• genetic (exemplified by the following key study).
• Key study on association analysis of genetics of depressive disorder: Oruč et al. (1997).

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Example: apply —mood disorder explanations to one small, clearly defined case, show the key step or comparison, and explain the result in words.

Boundary: —Mood disorder explanations is not a universal recommendation. Check the syllabus scope, assumptions, units and the limits of the evidence before generalising.

1.2.3 Treatment and management of mood (affective) disorders.

• biological treatments including the use of anti-depressants (tricyclics, MAOIs and SSRIs).
• psychological therapies:.
• Beck's cognitive restructuring.
• Ellis's rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT).

This matters because —mood disorder treatments determines what can be inferred or chosen; begin with the stated conditions and keep the conclusion tied to the evidence.

Example: apply —mood disorder treatments to one small, clearly defined case, show the key step or comparison, and explain the result in words.

Boundary: —Mood disorder treatments is not a universal recommendation. Check the syllabus scope, assumptions, units and the limits of the evidence before generalising.