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Emotions and emotional disorders

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In this free course, Emotions and emotional disorders, you will learn about some of the disorders related to the feelings of stress, sadness and anxiety including how these disorders are diagnosed, their biological correlates, and evidence of their possible causes.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1  Moods, emotions and disorders
  • 1  Moods, emotions and disorders
  • 1.1 What is an emotional disorder?
  • 1.2  Occurrence and cost of emotional disorders
  • 2  Emotions in an evolutionary context
  • 2  Emotions in an evolutionary context
  • 2.1  An evolutionary approach to emotion in humans and animals
  • 2.2 Evidence for the universality of human emotions
  • 2.3  Evolutionary layers of the brain
  • 2.4 The amygdala and emotion
  • 2.5  The value of negative and positive moods and emotions
  • 2.6  The pressures of modern life
  • 2.7  Social competition, stress and subordination in animals
  • 2.8 Social competition, stress and subordination in humans
  • 3  Recognising emotional disorders
  • 3  Recognising emotional disorders
  • 3.1  Diagnostic criteria for emotional disorders
  • 3.2  Affective disorders
  • 3.3 Diagnosing major depression (MD)
  • 3.4  Anxiety disorders
  • 3.5 Experiencing anxiety
  • 3.6 Diagnosing generalised anxiety disorder
  • 4  Challenges in the diagnosis of depression and anxiety
  • 4  Challenges in the diagnosis of depression and anxiety
  • 4.1  Are the diagnostic categories correct?
  • 4.2  Medicalising sadness?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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