PSYC10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction, Social Anxiety Disorder
30 Oct 2018
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What is a mood disorder: mood is a perso(cid:374)"s su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al state, affect is the objective appearance of mood, mood disorders (according to dsm-5) involve a depression or elevation of mood as the primary disturbance. Major depressive episode: 5 or more symptoms present in 2 weeks or less: depressed mood, anhedonia, decrease or increase in appetite or significant weight loss or gain. Feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate: no history of mania, hypomania, or mixed episode (unless substance or medical illness related) Family history of mdd increases risk 1. 5-3 guilt times: decreased concentration or indecisiveness, recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal, up to 20%-25% of patients with major medical comorbidity (cva, diabetes, ideation, or suicide attempt cancer) will develop mdd. Mde specifiers: often comorbid with one or more anxiety. Psychotic features (mood congruent or disorders mood incongruent) Seasonal pattern (seasonal affective: disorder [sad] or winter depression)
