GUIDE FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY

Module 2: Mood Disorders

Module Assignment (30 points):

● Make a chapter outline, concept map or notes on how to approach Patients under Mood Disorders using
Synopsis of Psychiatry by Kaplan and Sadock 12th edition, Chapter 6 and 7.
● Guide Questions / Pointers
○ Compare and contrast
■ Bipolar I and Bipolar II
■ Cyclothymia and Bipolar Disorders
○ Criteria and definition of a manic episode
○ Diagnostic criteria (Name, Duration, Symptoms, Required Number of symptoms)
■ Bipolar I
■ Bipolar II
■ Cyclothymia
○ Difference of mania and hypomania
○ Treatment approach and pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Disorders
○ Classic Presentation of a depressed patient
○ Differentiate the presentation of Depression in Special Populations
○ Diagnostic criteria (Name, Duration, Symptoms, Required Number of symptoms)
■ Major Depressive Disorder
■ Dysthymia
○ Definition or criteria for diagnosing:
■ Postpartum Depression
■ Minor depressive disorder
■ Uncomplicated bereavement
○ Epidemiology and Inheritance Patterns
■ Bipolar Disorders
■ Depressive Disorders
○ Prognostic Indicators of depression
○ Treatment approach and pharmacotherapy of Depressive Disorders

Module Exam (40 points):

● Clinical Presentation
○ Bipolar Disorders (I & II)
○ Cyclothymia
○ Major Depressive Disorder
○ Dysthymic Disorder

● Diagnostic Criteria (Name, Duration, Symptoms, Required Number of symptoms)

● Epidemiology and Inheritance Patterns
● Treatment Approach and pharmacotherapy of the following disorders:
○ Bipolar Disorders (I & II)
○ Cyclothymia
○ Major Depressive Disorder
○ Dysthymic Disorder

Reference/s:
● Synopsis of Psychiatry by Kaplan and Sadock 12th edition.
○ Chapter 6
○ Chapter 7
● Supplemental Resources:
○ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

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