Module One: 5 Sessions
Depression and Bipolar Disorder 1
with Dr Chris Aiken
Mood Disorder or Normal Emotions?
SESSION 1 OF 5
Duration 15mins 54secs
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In this session, Dr Chris Aiken investigates what a mood disorder is. He explores moods vs emotions and explains homeostasis. Dr Aiken discusses how mood disorders impact judgment, cognition and perception and we learn therapy implications.
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ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: Depression and Bipolar Disorder 1
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Mood Disorder or Normal Emotions? « you are here
In this session, Dr Chris Aiken investigates what a mood disorder is. He explores moods vs emotions and explains homeostasis. Dr Aiken discusses how mood disorders impact judgment, cognition and perception and we learn therapy implications.
02
Mood Disorders: Depression
In this session, Dr Chris Aiken investigates the mood disorder of depression. He discusses the causes of depression, highlighting the impact of stress. Dr Aiken illustrates what depression looks like in real life and provides therapeutic strategies for working with clients in therapy.
03
Mood Disorders: Mania and Hypomania
In this session, Dr Chris Aiken investigates mania and hypomania. He describes the symptoms of mania and hypomania, highlighting what these high energy states feel like for people. Dr Aiken discusses the differences between hypomania and mania and provides us with strategies to identify these states in our patients.
04
Mood Disorders: Mixed States
In this session, Dr Chris Aiken investigates a type of mood called mixed states or mixed features. He explains what a mixed state is and how it affects patients. Dr Aiken discusses how mixed states carry higher rates of suicide and substance use disorders. He outlines the symptoms of mixed states and how this type...
05
Social Rhythm Therapy for Bipolar and Depression
In this session, Dr Chris Aiken investigates social rhythm therapy for bipolar and depression. Dr Aiken discusses how irregular circadian rhythms affect mood disorders. He further discusses how daily events and stress affect neurohormones and how that disrupts the biological clock. Dr Aiken outlines four daily activities that affect neurohormones and how patients can work...
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I appreciate a lot the broad access to affective disorders or mood disorders. It’s important to know the importance of the homeostasis as a concept to differenciate well between disfunctional and functional mood states. Becoming aware of selfregulation as a powerful approach to adapt to all kind of moods and stress seems to be included well in this serie of Dr. Chris Aiken. I’m very interested to get the following parts of the serie and to find probably also differenciation to the diagnosis of schizo – affecive disorders.
I found the concept of homeostasis (ie a mood disorder is the failed activation of homeostatic mechanism) to be very useful. Often patients fear their own emotions and will live carefully bland, avoidant lives, which of course dramatically undermines their resilience.