Psychology 2042A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Panic Disorder, Heritability, Tricyclic Antidepressant

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2042A/B
• Professor: Jeff St.Pierre

Document Summary

Depression and development: experience and expression of depression change with age. In children under age 7 (as young as 3-5: tends to be diffuse and less easily identified, anaclitic depression (spitz) - infants. Increases two- to threefold by adolescence: the sharp increase in adolescence may result from biological maturation at puberty interacting with developmental changes, comorbidity, as many as 90% of young people with depression have one or more other disorders; Intellectual and academic functioning: difficulty concentrating, loss of interest, and slowness of thought and movement may have a harmful effect on intellectual and academic functioning, lower scores on tests, poor teacher ratings, and lower levels of grade attainment. Myths vs. facts: myth, people who talk about suicide don"t complete suicide, fact, many people who die by suicide have given definite warnings to family and friends of their intentions. Highest rates of suicide are in the spring, while the lowest rates are in december: 1972-1990 (18 years, month.