PSY BEH 102C Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder, Mania
1 Apr 2017
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Intensity and duration of depressive feelings are key to recognize. Mood disorder: a group of disorders involving severe and enduring disturbances in emotionality ranging from elation to severe depression. Major depressive episode: most severe depression; most common, extremely depressed mood state that lasts at least 2 weeks, with disturbed physical symptoms and cognitive symptoms, most significant. Physical changes + behavioral or emotional shutdown . Anhedonia: loss of ability to have fun. Mania: people find extreme pleasure in every activity, increased energy, flight of ideas. Hypomanic episode: less severe form of manic episode, does not cause impairment of social functioning. Depression or mania suffer from unipolar mood disorder. Bipolar mood disorder: someone who suffers from both poles of the spectrum. Mixed features: when they experience charactertics of both at the same time. Major depressive disorder: presence of at least one major depressive episode and the absence of manic or hypomanic episodes before or during the disorder, recurrent.
