HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mood Disorder, Fluoxetine, Lumbar Puncture
19 Dec 2016
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Frequent co-morbidity with anxiety and eating disorders. Not all people who commit suicide are depressed, perhaps 50% suffered from mood disorder. Far more likely to complete suicide, perhaps 35x more likely. Where is the line drawn: not clear how the line is drawn. Hypersexuality for a normal person v. a politician. In other words, when should we treat a person. Problematizing female bodies, normal response to a normal event. What is the line between pmdd and pms: not objectives that we can measure. Included in the dsm only after the launch of sarafem (fluoxetine) (prozac: sold under a different name and sold for pmdd. A local language for expressing distress in an acceptable way. Painful procedure involving a spinal tap in neurological assessment of children. To combat headaches, one physician (charles bradley, a relative of the hospital"s founders) gave children amphetamine. Staff noticed children easier time focusing and behaving in class after taking the drug.
