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After reading and studying this chapter and participating in lecture and discussion, students should be able to:
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Distinguish between unipolar and bipolar depression, and know the diagnostic criteria for the disorders that fall under each category: major depression (and its associated subtypes), dysthymic disorder, double depression, bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, cyclothymic disorder, and rapid cycling bipolar disorder. |
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Explain how depression affects the whole person, that is, cognitively, emotionally, behaviorally, and physiologically. |
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Discuss how rates of unipolar depression vary as a function of age, gender, and culture, as well as the proposed explanations for these differences. |
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Summarize the evidence for the idea that bipolar disorder is linked to creativity. |
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Summarize the evidence for and against the idea that genetics partially determine who will develop a mood disorder. |
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Discuss the monoamine theory of depression. |
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Discuss the neuroendocrine and neurophysiological abnormalities in depression. |
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Discuss research on the relationship between depression and hormone levels in women. |
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Discuss the behavioral, psychodynamic, learned helplessness, reformulated learned helplessness, cognitive, ruminative response styles, and interpersonal theories of depression. |
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Describe how social values and social status impact the experience of depression. |
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Discuss how tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors work, their side effects, and their effectiveness for treating depression. |
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Discuss the type of patient most likely to receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), what the therapy entails, and how it might work. |
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Discuss how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) work and their effectiveness for treating depression. |
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Explain how light therapy for seasonal affective disorder might work. |
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Discuss drugs used to treat bipolar disorder and their side effects. |
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Describe behavior, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and psychodynamic therapies for the treatment of depression. |
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Compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and drug therapies for the treatment of depression. |
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Discuss how depression may be successfully prevented. |