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Podcast: Flourish - Live an Inspired Life for #Success
Episode: You can Conquer Doom, Dread & Overwhelm | Psych-100 | Chapter 56 | Flourish with Diane Planidin
Description: Everyone feels down or euphoric from time to time, but this is different from having a mood disorder such as major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder. Mood disorders are extended periods of depressed, euphoric, or irritable moods that in combination with other symptoms cause the person significant distress and interfere with his or her daily life, often resulting in social and occupational difficulties. In this module, we describe major mood disorders, including their symptom presentations, general prevalence rates, and how and why the rates of these disorders tend to vary by age, gender, and race. In addition, biological and...