In addition to being dictated by age and genetics, behavior, driven in part by thoughts and feelings, is an insight into individual psyche, revealing among other things attitudes and values. Social behavior, a subset of human behavior, study the considerable influence of social interaction and culture. Additional influences include ethics, encircling, authority, rapport, hypnosis, persuasion and coercion.
The psychotic symptoms typically have a depressive âtheme,â such as delusions of guilt, poverty, or illness. Seasonal affective disorder is characterized by the onset of depression during the winter months, when there is less natural sunlight. This depression generally lifts during spring and summer.
Bipolar disorder is a mental condition caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain that causes severe mood swings. Those who suffer from bipolar disorder can have manic tendencies and bouts of depression, often with no readily identifiable cause. It is common for those with bipolar disorder to experience great emotional highs and lows, or for these mood swings to occur quickly and without notice or apparent reason.