PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode, Dysthymia
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What is a mood disorder: class of disorders marked by emotional disturbances of varied kinds that may skill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and thought processes, episodic. Mood disturbances often come and go, interspersed among period of normality: episodes of disturbance can very greatly in length, but typically last 3-12 months, two types of mood disorders: Dsm-5 depressive disorders: major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, substance/medication indicted depressive disorder, depressive disorder due to another medical condition, other specific depressive disorder, unspecified depressive disorder. Dsm-5 major depressive disorder: to be diagnosed as depressive one must have: Dsm-5 pdd/dysthymia: depressed mood for most of the day, for more days than not, for at least 2 years. Lifetime prevalence rate of 20-26% (women) vs 8-12% (men: 18-29 year-olds have a prevalence about 3x higher than individuals age > 60, after an individual experiences one episode, he/she is at high risk for subsequent episodes.
