PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Personalization, Learned Helplessness, Major Depressive Episode
1 Feb 2017
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It is normal for individuals to under go a fluctuation in mood. Mood disorders: prolonged/extreme enough to seriously disrupt life, include symptoms of depression and mania (together or separate) as well as cognitive, behavioral and somatic symptoms. Two-week periods were the patient exhibits five or more of the following symptoms. (significant change from previous functioning: one of the 5 must be either #1 or 2. Children do not meet weight markers as they grow. Only half finishing tasks: thoughts of death/ suicide. Major depressive disorder: the criteria are the presence of at least one of the above. Once these episodes become manic or hyper manic the diagnosis is changed to. Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia): chronically depressed mood for over 2 years anything less is just a long depressive episode. Symptoms (2 or more: poor/excessive appetite, insomnia/hypersomnia, low energy, low self esteem, poor concentration, feeling hopelessness. Bipolar 1 disorder: diagnosis requires 1 manic episode at least.
