Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
Mood disorders are quite interesting; especially if you're realizing that you have many of the symptoms. With mood disorders one experiences long periods of depression or elation, that causes ones everyday activities to be disrupted. The main mood disorders are major depression, and bipolar disorder. Another type of mood disorder is called seasonal affective disorder. This is caused by the lack of sunlight that people with the disorder receive in usually the winter months. Apparently the lack of sunlight disrupts their regular serotonin levels causing the depression. Phototherapy, which is daily doses of artificial sunlight, has been proven to help this disorder. Major depression affects about 2 to 3 percent of men and 5 to 9 percent of women. Most of the time people are depressed after a personal loss, whether it be the loss of a loved one, or a daily failure. The frequency and intensity of depression can vary from person to person. Most of the time people with major depression show signs of helplessness, low self esteem, and despondency. Insomnia, loss of apitite, withdraw from social habits, lack of personal grooming, and a lost interest in sex are some of the other symptoms of major depression. There are many different views on hat causes depression. On the biophysical view it has been found that this disorder can be linked to heredity, and these disorders do have a biological basis. These genetic factors apparently affect the choice of stressful environment we seek. Another view is that the loss of a parent, or even the rejection of a parent at a young age could ensure that this person will feel depressed anytime they suffer any kind of personal loss at a later time. Because the child doesn't want to express anger at that parent, the turn that emotion inward, turning that anger onto themselves, giving them a feeling of self loathing. This does seem like a valid argument, but this can't explain all cases of depression. Studies show that
Mood disorders are quite interesting; especially if you're realizing that you have many of the symptoms. With mood disorders one experiences long periods of depression or elation, that causes ones everyday activities to be disrupted. The main mood disorders are major depression, and bipolar disorder. Another type of mood disorder is called seasonal affective disorder. This is caused by the lack of sunlight that people with the disorder receive in usually the winter months. Apparently the lack of sunlight disrupts their regular serotonin levels causing the depression. Phototherapy, which is daily doses of artificial sunlight, has been proven to help this disorder. Major depression affects about 2 to 3 percent of men and 5 to 9 percent of women. Most of the time people are depressed after a personal loss, whether it be the loss of a loved one, or a daily failure. The frequency and intensity of depression can vary from person to person. Most of the time people with major depression show signs of helplessness, low self esteem, and despondency. Insomnia, loss of apitite, withdraw from social habits, lack of personal grooming, and a lost interest in sex are some of the other symptoms of major depression. There are many different views on hat causes depression. On the biophysical view it has been found that this disorder can be linked to heredity, and these disorders do have a biological basis. These genetic factors apparently affect the choice of stressful environment we seek. Another view is that the loss of a parent, or even the rejection of a parent at a young age could ensure that this person will feel depressed anytime they suffer any kind of personal loss at a later time. Because the child doesn't want to express anger at that parent, the turn that emotion inward, turning that anger onto themselves, giving them a feeling of self loathing. This does seem like a valid argument, but this can't explain all cases of depression. Studies show that