HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture 3: Mood Disorders
13 Apr 2018
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Include: all lectures and avenue readings up to and including this week. Major argument author is trying to convey. Most questions are not fill in the blank style , they test depth of knowledge , may require knowledge from multiple lectures. From all accounts, we seem to be amidst an epidemic of depression. Far more likely to be depressed now than in the past. Rates of bipolar disorder have also seemed to climb in last decades. If we see these as diseases of biology we have to understand why. If we see them as a social problem we still have to deal with it. One or more major depressive episodes without mania. Episode - a period of time where somebody has five or more symptoms. Diminished ability to think or concentrate, indecisiveness. Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) - chronic, but less severe than mdd. If you"re not thinking of this as change how can you tell when it stops.
