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AP Psychology 2.1 Abnormal Behavior. What does the DSM stand for?
AP Psychology 2.2 Abnormal Behavior. Which of the following is considered a mood disorder?
AP Psychology 2.3 Abnormal Behavior. A person's thoughts and behaviors might be deemed abnormal if they what?
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AP Psychology 3.1 Abnormal Behavior. What might Mary suffer from?
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Thank you We sneak then here's your shmoop du jour
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brought to you by winter a cold dark dreary time
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of year unless you live in california Did you know
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the entire states permanently set toe a balmy seventy eight
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degrees here's today's question mary lives in denver and become
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sad in winter during the summer seasons She feels happier
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she might suffer from what And here are potential answers
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Sad mad poor mary don't get sad get glad or
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is it Don't get mad something like that Well this
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is why we didn't last is glad spoke person Alright
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well initially you might lean toward bipolar disorder After all
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bipolar disorder is a mental disorder best characterized by notable
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alternating periods of mood going from elation and positivity to
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depression and negativity However bipolar disorder has nothing to do
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with seasonal change and it's just possible that someone would
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feel up in the winter and down in the summer
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as they would the opposite So it's not our answer
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And seeing as the described feelings experienced by mary don't
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include anything to do with panic attacks We can eliminate
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dia's well though to be fair Panic it the sight
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Of snow isn't uncommon when californians venture further north what
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way only screamed and ran around the circles of her
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six times And unless mary sadness during wintertime is somehow
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linked to an irrational anxiety that she has a serious
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disease than hypochondria doesn't fit either So that leaves us
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with sad and mad And if you're thinking the answer
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must be sad because well that's mary's problem you're right
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but only because sad stands for seasonal affective disorder People
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suffering from sad usually experienced symptoms of depression during the
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cold dark months a winner and often tend to live
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in higher latitudes where there are fewer hours of sunlight
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One our advice Consider moving to california Just don't try
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touching the statewide thermostat nearly caused a state emergency Last
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time it was bumped down to a chilly seventy two 00:02:02.233 --> [endTime] degrees
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