1. What is our learning journey going to be today?

2. Learning Objective: to explore biological treatments for mood disorders
ALL will be able to describe biological treatments for mood disorders
MOST will be able to distinguish between biological treatments for unipolar and bipolar disorder
SOME will be able to evaluative biological treatments in light of the explanations covered so far

3. Psychodynamic explanation: re-cap
Oral stage  over-dependency
Loss (symbolic / actual)  introjection (taking into themselves any negative feelings towards the loved one)
Following this is a period of mourning – this enables a separation to be made
BUT in those who are overly dependent the bonds cannot be broken and any negative feelings towards the loss turn inwards and result in depression

4. Psychodynamic: post-freudian
Bowlby said that the most important thing was the early mother-infant relationship
Bowlby’s attachment theory proposed that if a child is deprived of a warm and loving attachment in the first few years of life, depression in later life could result

5. Progress Measure
‘Name one type of anti-depressant and briefly describe how it works’ (3 marks)

6. Group Work: biological treatments for mood disorders
Each group has some information on the different treatments for mood disorders
Your job is to:
Come up with a representation of how it works to show the rest of the class (through play-doh, drawings, role play etc)
You need to be able to explain KEY INFO about how it works AND potential SIDE EFFECTS

7. Where the information will go:
Name of anti-depressant
How it works
Side effects
e.g. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors

8. You are answering this question but NOT for your own information!
Progress Measure
‘Name one type of anti-depressant and briefly describe how it works’ (3 marks)
You are answering this question but NOT for your own information!

9. Which one would you de-prioritise in the exam, why?
‘Name one type of anti-depressant and briefly describe how it works’ (3 marks)
SSRIs are a type of antidepressant that selectively inhibits the reuptake of serotonin. This means that there is more serotonin in the brain and this neurotransmitter improves the depressive symptoms of unipolar depression.
MAOIs are a type of antidepressant that inhibit the activity of monoamine oxidase. This means that there are higher levels of dopamine, noradrenalin and serotonin in the brain, symptoms of unipolar depression are improved.
Tricyclic anti-depressants prevent noradrenalin and serotonin from being taken back into the neuron after they have been released. This means that there are higher levels of these neurotransmitters which improve symptoms of unipolar depression.
Lithium returns the levels of neutotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine to normal. It is not clear how it works but it is effective in both the depressed and manic phases. It is not effective in unipolar depression, this suggests they have a different cause.
Which one would you de-prioritise in the exam, why?

10. Which one would you de-prioritise in the exam, why?
‘Name one type of anti-depressant and briefly describe how it works’ (3 marks)
SSRIs are a type of antidepressant that selectively inhibits the reuptake of serotonin. This means that there is more serotonin in the brain and this neurotransmitter improves the depressive symptoms of unipolar depression.
MAOIs are a type of antidepressant that inhibit the activity of monoamine oxidase. This means that there are higher levels of dopamine, noradrenalin and serotonin in the brain, symptoms of unipolar depression are improved.
Tricyclic anti-depressants prevent noradrenalin and serotonin from being taken back into the neuron after they have been released. This means that there are higher levels of these neurotransmitters which improve symptoms of unipolar depression.
Lithium returns the levels of neutotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine to normal. It is not clear how it works but it is effective in both the depressed and manic phases. It is not effective in unipolar depression, this suggests they have a different cause.
Which one would you de-prioritise in the exam, why?

11. Thinking about your learning…
Write down the key thing you will remember about today’s lesson
Write down any questions you still have
This helps to inform my planning for the next time I see you!