Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• recognise the value of an evolutionary perspective in understanding emotions (or moods) and emotional (or mood) disorders

• specify brain pathways involved in the perception and processing of emotions

• describe the rationale of approaches used in the diagnosis of emotional (or mood) disorders

• outline the characteristics and experience of specified emotional disorders

• demonstrate understanding of information about the prevalence of mental health disorders in populations.