Syllabus, 3/14
Mood Disorders
Psych Disorders
Mr. Aiello
Mood Disorders
Unit Syllabus
Unit Questions
Much like essential questions, these should be answered throughout the unit, and are based upon
three main sources, the photocopied chapter, teacher-led classroom activities, and the film “The
Hours.” Several of the questions are factual in nature, while a couple ask your opinion. Make sure
that you support both types of your answers with explanation and evidence from our class activities
and sources.
• Explain, as if to a student who has not take this class, the differences between ‘normal’ mood
swings and bipolar disorder or major depression.
• Compare and contrast Virginia Woolf’s decision to commit suicide and Laura’s decision to live
but abandon her family. Is one decision healthier? Is one decision more just?
• Choose two of the different approaches to therapy listed below and explain how they would
attempt to work with Virginia, Laura, and Clarissa.
Behavioral
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Biochemical
• Predict what will happen next with Clarissa. Comment on at least one of her significant
relationships.
Night
Homeplay Assignment
Tuesday,
Mar. 4
Read pp. 245 – 252 in Chapter 10 Mood Disorders. Stop at “Dysthymic
Disorder and Cyclothymic Disorder.”
Wednesday,
Mar. 5
Read pp. 252 – 257 in Chapter 10 Mood Disorders. Stop at “Suicide.”
Thursday,
Mar. 6
Read pp. 257 – 263 in Chapter 10 Mood Disorders. Stop at “Mood
Disorders: Theory and Therapy.”
Friday,
Mar. 7
Read pp. 263 – 273 in Chapter 10 Mood Disorders. Stop at “The
Neuroscience Perspective.”
Monday,
Mar. 10 Read pp. 273 – 285 in Chapter 10 Mood Disorders.
Tuesday,
Mar. 11 Complete your Unit Questions to turn in before Spring Break.
Have a safe and restful Spring Break!!