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Emotions and emotional disorders
Emotions and emotional disorders

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Acknowledgements

This course was written by Saroj Datta and Claire Rostron.

Grateful acknowledgement is made to Katherine Leys for coordinating the Research Methods boxes throughout this course.

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Course image: © Richard Paisley/Doctor Stock/Getty Images.

Table 1: adapted from Brown et al. (1995) ‘Loss, humiliation and entrapment among women developing depression: a patient and non-patient comparison’, Psychological Medicine, Cambridge Journals.

Figure 1: adapted from ©2009 The Health and Social Care Information Centre, Social Care Statistics. All rights reserved; Figure2(a) and 2(b): copyright unknown; Figure 6: © Pam Smit/Alamy; Figure 9: adapted from Dickerson, S.S. and Kemeny, M.E. (2004) Mean Cortisol Effect Size for Studies Using Passive Tasks, American Psychological Association; Figure 10: Copyright © Antonia Reeve/Science Photo Library; Figure 11: © Richard Paisley/Doctor Stock/Getty Images; Figure 12: adapted from Hirschfield, R.M.A. (2001) ‘The comorbidity of major depression and anxiety disorders: recognition and management in primary care’, Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Physicians Postgraduate Press Inc.; Figure 13: adapted from Das-Munshi, Jayati, et al. (2008) ‘Public health significance of mixed anxiety and depression: beyond current classification’, British Journal of Psychiatry, The Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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