Mood Disorder in Adolescent Children
Angela Coleman
Bryant & Stratton College
SOC 102: Principles of Sociology
Dr. Michael Stanford
April 11, 2011
THESIS STATEMENT
In this research study I will be discussing and investigating the statistics of mood disorder, the symptoms and diagnosis, and the affects of when taking prescription antidepressants are used in children who are diagnosed with a mood disorder.
INTRODUCTION:
This paper will show the cause of Mood Disorders. Children and adolescent are often affected by mood disorder. I will also discuss assessing the different types of mood disorders. This research study will show the use of the children and adolescent functional assessment scale (CAFAS). In the general population depression in females is nearly twice as high (12 percent) as it is for males (6.6 percent).
DEFINATION:
Mood Disorders refer to a category of mental health problems that include all types of depression and bipolar disorder. Mood disorders are sometimes called affective disorders.
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF MOOD DISORDERS?
The cause’s mood disorders are not well known. Due to the fact that there are chemicals in the brain called endorphins that are responsible for positive moods. There are other chemicals in the brain, called neurotransmitters, regular endorphins. For example: A chemical imbalance and other mood disorders. (‘Mood Disorders n.d. para.8).
Affective Disorders aggregate in families and are consider to be inherited. They are sometimes called multifactorial inherited which means that ‘many factors” or condition are usually both genetic and environmental. This includes the combination of genes from both parents. Normally the brain is more frequently affected than the other in multifactorial traits. This means that one gender is more likely to show the problem, more over the other gender. (Mood Disorder, n.d. para 9).
According to the Ohio State University Medical Center during the 1980s, mental health...
