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Mood Disorders and the Schizophrenia Spectrum
10 lessons
Goal
Analyze the clinical features, biological and cognitive causes, and psychological mechanisms of depressive, bipolar, and psychotic disorders.
10 lessons
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- Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder and BipolarUp next
- Depressive Disorders: Symptoms, Causes, and Risk FactorsNot started yet
- Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Cyclothymic Disorders: Mania and DepressionNot started yet
- Biological Bases of Mood Disorders: Neurotransmitters, Genetics, and Brain CircuitryNot started yet
- Cognitive Theories of Depression: Beck's Cognitive Triad and Learned HelplessnessNot started yet
- Understanding Suicide Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and Crisis InterventionNot started yet
- Schizophrenia Spectrum: Positive, Negative, and Cognitive SymptomsNot started yet
- Analyzing Delusions, Hallucinations, and Disorganized SpeechNot started yet
- Biological Etiology of Schizophrenia: Dopamine Hypothesis, Genetics, and Brain StructureNot started yet
- Environmental Stressors and Expressed Emotion in Psychotic DisordersNot started yet
Standards Covered
- SS.912.P.17.8Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Describe symptoms and causes of major categories of psychological disorders (i.e., schizophrenic, mood, anxiety, personality disorders).
- SS.912.P.17.9Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Evaluate how different factors influence an individual’s experience of psychological disorders.
- SS.912.P.17.5Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Discuss the impact of psychological disorders on the individual, family, and society.
Curriculum Framework
9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS
1
10 lessons
Foundations and Models of Abnormal Psychology
Define abnormal behavior across historical, cultural, and psychological frameworks and analyze major theoretical models of psychopathology.
2
10 lessons
Psychiatric Classification and Diagnostic Challenges
Examine the tools, structures, and systems used to classify mental disorders while critically evaluating the ethical and diagnostic challenges of psychiatric labeling.
3
10 lessons
Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma, and Somatic Disorders
Identify the symptoms, biological and psychological causes, and behavioral manifestations of anxiety disorders, OCD, trauma-related disorders, and somatic symptom disorders.
4
10 lessons
Mood Disorders and the Schizophrenia Spectrum
Analyze the clinical features, biological and cognitive causes, and psychological mechanisms of depressive, bipolar, and psychotic disorders.
5
10 lessons
Personality Disorders, Stigma, and Societal Impacts
Analyze personality disorder clusters, evaluate the psychological and social mechanisms of stigma, and evaluate the multidimensional impacts of mental illness on individuals, families, and communities.