PSYC 437
Mood Disorders
Winter 2020
Topics
- Introduction and Major Depression defined
- Depression etiology: Cognitive models
- Depression etiology: Early life stress
- Depression etiology: Proximal life stress
- Depression etiology: Interpersonal models
- Depression etiology: Stress generation
- Depression etiology: Stress and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis
- Depression etiology: Social risk hypothesis and neuroimmunology
- Depression etiology: Social cognition and theory of mind
- Depression etiology: Reward responsivity
- Depression etiology: Social media
- Depression treatment: Cognitive-behavioural therapy
- CLASS CANCELLED
- Depression treatment: Pharmacotherapy
- Depression treatment: Behavioural activation
- Depression treatment: Mindfulness-based interventions
- Depression treatment: Neurostimulation treatments for treatment-resistant depression
- Depression treatment: Non-traditional therapies (e.g., exercise, yoga)
- Depression epidemiology: Sex and Gender differences
- Depression prevention: Strategies and policy
- Learning
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Winter 2020